A Celebration of Mississaugas of New Credit First Nation’s Successful Land Claim On the morning of Sunday, October 17th 2010 a small expedition set forth from Toronto bound for the Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation near Hagarsville Ontario. David Wallace was the van driver and Lisette Mallet of […]
Ancient Trees
From the City of Toronto website http://www.toronto.ca/parks/maple_leaf_forever.htm On July 19, 2013 a storm brought down an aged silver maple tree on Laing Street in Toronto’s Leslieville neighbourhood. This famed maple tree was believed to be the inspiration for the song “Maple Leaf Forever” by Alexander Muir, which he wrote in […]
The Maple Leaf Forever Tree Continues to Inspire Us….
From HistoricPlaces.ca Trees are some of the largest and longest living organisms on earth. Although all trees benefit the environment, specific trees function as commemorative memorials, expressions of religious commitment, and as cultural icons. The Canadian Register of Historic Places (CRHP) lists numerous examples of historic trees that have been […]
Know Your Roots! Canada’s Historic Trees
The great bent tree of Hamilton’s native past Kaz Novak/The Hamilton Spectator Wed. May 30, 2012 Paul O’Hara stumbled upon this sugar maple, an old native trail marker near the Beverly Swamp in Flamborough. Deep in the woods near the Beverly Swamp in Flamborough, where the undergrowth crackles beneath the feet […]
Natural Heritage- Native Trail Marker Trees
http://www.ancientforestalliance.org/news-item.php?ID=342 Victoria, B.C. artist Anne Hansen, who is well-known for her paintings of the black oystercatcher (a shorebird), has just purchased in an online auction the scientific- naming rights of a newly-discovered lichen, in a fundraising initiative of the Ancient Forest Alliance. She will name the lichen after her deceased […]