# John Lindsay Reserve, a plaque of Marshland A plaque of the city, standing at John Lindsay Drainage Reserve in Marshland, one record on the council’s plaque register for the public estate. ## The words it carries > JOHN LINDSAY RESERVE / This park is dedicated to Donald "John" Lindsay, the visionary behind Prestons Park. / His foresight, knowledge and determination helped realise the development of the Park. / "Endure Fort" (Endure Strongly) The surveyor’s transcription, casing, spelling and typos as read off the plaque. The register does not say who the name belonged to; the dedication is the whole of the record. - The ground: John Lindsay Drainage Reserve - The suburb: [Marshland](https://www.chch.live/marshland) - The year the register carries: 2018 - Rides on: rock - Status: in service The register’s photograph: https://gis.ccc.govt.nz/Image/ManMade/ParkAsset/20240124/20240130_162505_resized/20240130_162505_resized ## In the archive - [Documents naming John Lindsay Reserve](https://www.chch.live/documents?q=John%20Lindsay%20Reserve) - [The record’s own search for it](https://www.chch.live/search?q=John%20Lindsay%20Reserve) - [Marshland](https://www.chch.live/marshland), the suburb it stands in A name read off an inscription is a lead, not a verified identity, the search is where verification starts. ## The ground under it - [On made ground](https://www.chch.live/fill), Sand - [The liquefaction model grades it “Medium Liquefaction Vulnerability”](https://www.chch.live/vulnerability), the 2019 screening study - [The plan zones this ground Residential New Neighbourhood](https://www.chch.live/zones), RNN - [The nearest recorded shake: M3.2](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 24 November 2011 · ~350 m from the pin · 50 logged within 5 km The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.48012&lon=172.67546&radius=250 ## Around it - [Snellings Waterway Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1574-snellings-waterway-reserve), community park · ~400 m - [Reka Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1417-reka-reserve), community park · ~500 m - [Walk and bike track through Parklands](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-57-parklands), track · ~400 m - [Walk and bike track through Burwood](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-108-burwood), track · ~450 m - [This Land Has Been / Used for Vegetable](https://www.chch.live/plaque/96756-snellings-reserve), plaque · ~500 m - [Conservation Week 1997 / This Group of Native Trees](https://www.chch.live/plaque/115129-alpine-view-drainage-reserve), plaque · ~750 m - [In Loving Memory of? Joyce McFerran / "Joybell"](https://www.chch.live/plaque/311051-alpine-view-drainage-reserve), plaque · ~800 m - [Travis Wetland plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/89216-travis-wetland), plaque · 1.6 km ## The reports nearby 106 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place. - [Accessibility](https://www.chch.live/report/9056039), [30 Cameo Grove, Burwood, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/marshland/30-cameo-grove) - [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8737931), [12 McKerrow Street, Marshland, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/marshland/12-mckerrow-street) - [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8658522), [41 McKerrow St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/marshland/41-mckerrow-street) - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/8284179), [107E Aviemore Drive, Burwood, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/marshland/107e-aviemore-drive) - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/8164007), [109 Aviemore Drive, Marshlands Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/marshland/109-aviemore-drive) - [Pest / Vermin](https://www.chch.live/report/8147341), [34 Cameo Grove, Burwood, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/marshland/34-cameo-grove) - [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8134428), [39R Timara Crescent, Burwood, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/marshland/39r-timara-crescent) - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/7959393), [10 Timara Cres, Canterbury, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/marshland/10-timara-crescent) - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/7905234), 34–36 Cameo Gr, Canterbury, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand - [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7889835), [10 McKerrow Street, Marshland, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/marshland/10-mckerrow-street) - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/7488329), [17 McKerrow St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/marshland/17-mckerrow-street) - [Facility - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/7478940), [329B Burwood Road, Burwood, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/marshland/329b-burwood-road) ## Questions, answered briefly **What is this?** A plaque of Christchurch, standing at John Lindsay Drainage Reserve in [Marshland](https://www.chch.live/marshland), one record on the council’s plaque register for the public estate. **What does it say?** The words above, verbatim, the surveyor’s transcription, casing, spelling and typos as they were read off the rock. The register does not say who the name belonged to; the dedication is the whole of the record. **Is the plaque still standing?** The register marks it in service, commissioned 2018. The books' word, though, a plaque may have weathered since the survey, and the pin is the record’s position. --- Christchurch City Council open data, the Furniture service’s Plaque layer. The inscription is the surveyor’s transcription; "In Service" is the books, not a promise the plaque still reads clean. The pin is the record’s position. The roll: https://www.chch.live/plaques · the record as data: https://www.chch.live/plaques.json · this plaque’s page: https://www.chch.live/plaque/310999-john-lindsay-drainage-reserve