![]() ![]() In the Year 2010, this red oak is to be featured in "Toronto Tree Portraits" calendar. One family that owned the red oak, had family members, that have received in total, four Orders of Canada for their various contributions to our country. It is a pre-settlement tree from before 1793, it is located in the immediate vicinity of the historic Toronto Carrying Place Trail. It is a remnant oak whose acorns can be used to propagate quercus rubra. The tree is part of an ancient oak savannah and is an indigenous species of the Humber River Watershed. Historical/Cultural Significance: The Nicholas Family's red oak is probably one of the largest red oaks in Ontario if not Canada. It reflects the integrity of our natural heritage as a living entity. The continuation of a local gene pool with a pedigree of more than three centuries is both remarkable and essential. In the spring of 1997 this was one of a hundred and fifty oak trees along the Toronto Carrying Place, all 125 years old, which was proclaimed by Metropolitan Toronto as an ancient oak grove and named in honour of Tuhbanahneequay, daughter of Wabanosay, Chief of the Mississaugas at the time of the Toronto Purchase.ĭavid Orsini, a local landscape architect, has been propagating acorns from this tree. The feet of the War Party dispatched by General Brock in 1812 to join Tecumseh and capture Fort Mackinac trod over the roots of this tree.Ĭhief of the Mississaugas, Peter Jones passed by with his people, the Mississaugas of the New Credit, on their way to a meeting regarding their Treaty, with the Inspector General, Jacques Baby on his estate in 1828. It witnessed the passage of Lieutenant Governor Simcoe on Wednesday September 25th, 1793, on his way to Penetanguishene. ![]() It was a mature tree when Benjamin Frobisher passed by, recommending in a 1784 report, that the Northwest Company use this as the preferred route to the West. It was part of the forest canopy by 1764 when Alexander Henry passed by on June 19th with a group of Mississaugas on his way to Fort Niagara from Mackinac, where he had been taken prisoner the previous year in the Pontiac wars. Historical/Cultural Significance: This was a young tree when the French established their second trading fort, Fort Toronto in 1749 at the foot of the Portage on which the tree stands - the fort from which Toronto takes its name. It also dominates the well-treed park site despite the fact that it is separated from the park by the width of the roadway. It was on a list of significant trees compiled by the arborists in the former City of York. The tree is well known and loved in the community. Partnered with the Board of Education the Agency is one of the oldest and most respected organizations in the country, helping pregnant and parenting young women, ages 13-21. The Blake house burnt down and was replaced by the present building, which opened February 12, 1925. Clair and Bathurst Streets in 1912. The "Humewood House" opened on April 23, 1912. They purchased the Blake property near St. His son, the Honourable Edward Blake (1833-1912) was the second Premier of Ontario, 1871-1872, a Canadian Constitutional expert, and federal Liberal leader 1880-1887.įollowing a Mission in 1911, the Anglican congregation of St Thomas determined to establish a maternity home for unwed mothers. ![]() William Hume Blake (1809 - 1872) was first professor of common and civil law at King's College and was elected to the Legislative Assembly in 1847. It is located on the headwaters of Garrison Creek in what was the parkland of the Blake Estate, known as "Humewood". Historical/Cultural Significance: The tree is of Provincial significance, possibly National, through its association with the Blake family. The Park, with 60 houses on 50 acres, was named a Heritage Conservation District in 1985. Named after Wychwood Forest in Oxfordshire, it was founded in 1874, and is well known for its Arts & Crafts houses, Taddle Creek and pond, and 800 or so significant trees, including several hundred large White and Red Oaks, as well as Black Locust, Bassword, Beech and Hemlock. Historical/Cultural Significance: Wychwood Park is one of Toronto's unique neighbourhoods, and its natural landscape is a critical part of it. ![]()
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