[CANUFNET] Shout out for Canadian Tree Stories!

[Brenlee/Robinson]

Thank you Oliver, this is a great list and gives me plenty to investigate!
I expect I might contact you further to pick your brain a little more.

Do you know and contacts in communities where black Ash is being grown  /
used for basket making and /or lacrosse sticks ?

I like the Macintosh apple connection -  it is ringing a vague bell in my
memory.  Do  I presume this was in Ontario?  Do you happen to have resources
on this ?thanks so much , this is just the kind of response I was hoping for
.  Now if there was just an ³Oliver² in every province!

Thanks

Brenlee


On 11/03/14 9:01 AM, "ConsultingArborist ." <careofthetrees at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Well, I can think of a few offhand. I leave the details to you (or email me if
> you're stuck), but here's the executive summary versions:
> 
> 1) The origin of the Macintosh apple.
> 2) Jacques Cartier and the vitamin C in white cedars.
> 3) Black ash - natives use it for basket-making.
> 4) Dr. Doug Larson and the discovery of ancient cedars on the Niagara
> escarpment.
> 5) There is a "forest" of tree stumps at the bottom of Georgian Bay.
> 6) The tulip-tree at Woodside National Historic Site in Kitchener.
> 7) Toronto subway construction coincides with a sudden decline in hemlocks.
> 
> Oliver K. Reichl, B.E.S.(Hons)
> Consulting Arborist-Ecologist
> ISA Certified Arborist #ON-1178A
> Tel: 613-923-8833
> Web: www.oliverkilian.com/treecare <http://www.oliverkilian.com/treecare>
> 
> 
> On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 8:59 PM, Brenlee/Robinson <brenlee.robinson at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>  CANADIAN HISTORY RETOLD - THROUGH TREE STORIES!
>>  
>> 
>> Do you have a tree story you wish other Canadians knew about?
>>  
>> Do you know of a tree story that contributes to our knowledge of our own
>> Canadian history?
>>  
>> I would like to compile tree stories that help contribute to our appreciation
>> of Canadian history.   I need your help to do it.
>>  
>> This need not be a single tree, it might be a stand, or any other grouping of
>> trees.   There might be something quirky about a species ­ like Black Ash
>> being grown specifically for use for sticks in our national game of lacrosse.
>>  
>> It could be something like the first incidence of urban forest civil action
>> when in 1958 Winnipeg neighbourhood ladies surrounded a huge Elm tree to
>> protect it from removal for road expansion.
>> -OR ­
>> Why is there an oak leaf on the PEI flag but hardly any oaks in PEI?
>> -OR-
>> The story of the 100 plus year old Kinsol trestle bridge in BC made out of
>> Douglas Fir and still in use.
>>  
>> If you have a tree story that you wish other Canadians or visitors to Canada
>> knew about, please contact me!  If you can help me bring these historic tree
>> stories to a wider audience, I will make the process as painless as possible!
>> I will greatly appreciate it, and so will the trees!
>>  
>> Everyone contributing a story will be acknowledged in the final product.
>>  
>> Thank you,
>>  
>>  
>>  
>> Brenlee Robinson,
>> Master of Forest Conservation
>> Former Director, Ontario Urban Forest Council
>>  
>> Brenlee.robinson at gmail.com <http://Brenlee.robinson@gmail.com>
> 
> 

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