Fjord sights in Kaua'i
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Menehune Ditch
Constructed prior to Western contact, Menehune Ditch, a stone and earthen aqueduct is an engineering masterpiece, with rocks carefully squared, smoothed and joined to create a watertight seal.
According to legend, Ola, a king, ordered Pi, a kahuna (priest), to create a dam and ditch to water his lands west of the Waimea River. Pi contracted with the menehune living on the canyon rim to build the ditch for payment of one 'opae (shrimp) per menehune. As always, they finished the project in one night, received their payment and returned to their mountain home, humming so loudly that their voices were heard as far as O'ahu.
When Captain Vancouver visited Waimea at the close of…
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