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Knysna (/ ˈ n aɪ z n ə /; Afrikaans pronunciation:) is a town with 76,150 inhabitants (2019 mid-year estimates) in the Western Cape province of South Africa.It is one of the destinations on the loosely defined Garden Route tourist route.
Featherbed Nature Reserve. / 34.07583°S 23.05556°E / -34.07583; 23.05556. Featherbed Nature Reserve is a privately owned nature reserve on the Western Headland of the Knysna River Estuary on South Africa’s Garden Route. [ 1][ 2] It was founded by South African television teacher, William Smith, on land that was bought in the 1950s ...
Shipowner, timber merchant. Charles Wilhelm Thesen (14 November 1856 – 1 February 1940) was a Norwegian-born South African shipowner and timber merchant who played a leading role in the public affairs of the South African town of Knysna. He was actively involved in the timber and shipbuilding industry of the region, and acquired Paarden ...
Sedgefield is a coastal town on the Garden Route in the Western Cape province of South Africa.It is situated on the N2 national road, between George and Knysna.. The town was proclaimed in 1929 on the farm Sedgefield, which in turn was named in 1894 after the village of the same name in the UK where the father (Henry Barrington) of the then farm owner was born.
The area to become Knysna Municipality included part of the Outeniqua TRC. At the local elections of December 2000 the TLCs and TRCs were dissolved and the Knysna Municipality was established as a single local authority. At the same election the South Cape District Council was dissolved and replaced by the Eden District Municipality. In 2011 ...
Despite the small size of the ecoregion, the Knysna and Amatole forests are South Africa's largest individual forests. The Knysna forest has been exploited for valuable timber since the 18th century, and the Amatole forests since the 20th century. Since 1939 the forests have mostly been within protected areas and are recovering well, although ...
Buffelsbaai (also Buffels Bay and Buffalo Bay) is a small seaside village 20 kilometres [ 2] from Knysna in the Garden Route District Municipality in the Western Cape province of South Africa. The village is named after Buffelsbaai which stretches east of the village. It is a popular vacation destination with a small waterfront with stores.
The Garden Route National Park is a national park in the Garden Route region of the Western Cape and Eastern Cape provinces in South Africa. It is a coastal reserve well known for its indigenous forests, dramatic coastline, and the Otter Trail. It was established on 6 March 2009 by amalgamating the existing Tsitsikamma and Wilderness National ...