The truth of the father building a tunnel through the cliff to commemorate his drowned daughter

The touching story of the father's action when creating the Tunnel in Tunnel Beach, south of Dunedin, New Zealand has attracted many tourists to come here and the truth makes people surprised.

Tunnel Beach is one of those places that can't be stopped when coming to New Zealand. The scene here is not only like paintings but also gives an extremely special feeling for those who like to explore. Unlike other beaches, however, the road to Tunnel Beach must pass through a 60m-long tunnel with 72 steps through the cliffs. Just go along this road, you can admire a wonderful private beach, separating the majestic vastness of the ocean.

Famous Tunnel Beach in New Zealand.(Photo: Internet).

Legend has it that the tunnel originated in a tragedy in 1870, when the son of Captain William Cargill - John Cargill was distressed when his young daughter drowned, so built this tunnel to think Remember the daughter who loves the sea. Because this is also a place of sad memories, the father also decided to leave the country and never return. This story is transmitted to many people with many different versions and many admire the special gift that the father dedicated to his deceased daughter.

Entrance to the tunnel to the Tunnel of the Sea.(Photo: Internet).

The tunnel has 72 steps.(Photo: Internet).

In another version of this touching story, in 1870, John Cargill - the son of Captain William Cargill, was one of the founders of Dunedin, which had a lot of money. He has very beautiful daughters, everyone loves to swim. But since he didn't feel comfortable when his daughter was noticed at public beaches in Dunedin, he sent someone to dig a tunnel through the big rocks to get to a private beach, and this is the beach. Tunnel. He silently did these things and surprised his children.

This is a beach separate from the surrounding.(Photo: Internet).

After the tunnel was built, the daughters came here to bathe and he forbade people to do so because they did not want their daughter to be scrutinized. However, fishermen were unknowingly and likened to them as mermaids. Sadly, in one bath, the young girl was drowned by high tide. Cargill was so sad that he left New Zealand and never returned.

Visitors hear many different and more detailed versions of the story. However, some travelers like to explore have tried to find the right answer to this mysterious tunnel. They looked up documents about the city of Dunedin as well as Cargill's family history and found that it was true that Cargill had built a tunnel so that his family could enter the private beach in the 1870s, but only The tunnel created because the daughter seemed to be supplemented by the local people. John Cargill has 4 daughters from his first marriage. They all lived to adulthood, absolutely no daughter drowned. In the 1880s, he left New Zealand because of economic financial obstacles, unrelated to his daughter's death from drowning.

The beach is gradually known and used publicly.(Photo: Internet).

No matter how the story is woven, this is considered the great work of John Cargill. In the 1900s, the beach was well known and used publicly to this day.