An ideal spot to watch for forest fires... Fire guard Giuseppe Sciocatti in front of his home at Spitskop. Giuseppe was a descendant of Domenico Sciocatti, one of a group of Ital- ians who were brought to Knysna to begin a silk industry in this. It was an ill-conceived scheme, and many of the immigrants went on to work in the timber industry. (There’s more about the ‘Silk spinners of Gouna’ on our boards at the San Ambroso Chapel Museum.) GIUSEPPE SCIOCIATTI, THE FIRE GUARD At 918 metres (3,011 ft), Spitskop is the highest accessible peak in the district, and therefore an ideal spot from which to watch for forest fires - which is why the government built a forest station here, probably during the period when DE Hutchins (who arrived in the district in 1888) was the chief for- ester in the Knysna district. T H E H I G H E S T PE A K I N TH E D I S T R I C T

7 Rooted in Time: Spitskop view point

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An ideal spot to watch for forest fires...

Fire guard Giuseppe Sciocatti in front of his home at Spitskop. Giuseppe was a descendant of Domenico Sciocatti, one of a group of Ital-ians who were brought to Knysna to begin a silk industry in this.

It was an ill-conceived scheme, and many of the immigrants went on to work in the timber industry. (There’s more about the ‘Silk spinners of Gouna’ on our boards at the San Ambroso Chapel Museum.)

GIUSEPPE SCIOCIATTI, THE FIRE GUARD

At 918 metres (3,011 ft), Spitskop is the highest accessible peak in the district, and therefore an ideal spot from which to watch for forest fires - which is why the government built a forest station here, probably during the period when DE Hutchins (who arrived in the district in 1888) was the chief for-ester in the Knysna district.

THE HIGHEST PEAK IN THE DISTRICT