Two hand painted maps show historic channels in the Klein River Estuary

These two historic maps are on view in the Hermanus Yacht Club. They were painted in 1954 and show the Klein River channels and various depth sounding's along its course. It clearly illustrates the Western trajectory of the river mouth and the depth attained at high water conditions. These depths are shown as 19.3 feet at Tessel Baai and 11.1 feet against the rocks at Selkirks Bay - amoungst other readings.

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