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Heather and all,
What a coincidence! I went up Torrington Drive on Monday
evening after work, heading to Jean Hartley's. I am afraid that I
stopped my car in the middle of the street at the sight of that
downed tree! What an immense stump! And the logs that were lying
around it - like the wheels off some juggernaut. Jean told me that
the whole neighbourhood was lamenting the loss of such a landmark. I
don't know about 400 years old, but a tree of that size has my respect.
There was an old estate in that area that dated back to
1801. I don't mean Governor Wentworth's estate at Prince's Lodge,
but Rev. Robert Stanser's country house called "Sherwood Park". It
was built "on a steep rise with a commanding view of Birch Cove and
the Bedford Basin". Sharon and Wayne Ingall's book, Sweet Suburb: a
history of Prince's Lodge, Birch Cove, and Rockingham (2010),
records that Stanser named his "country house Sherwood, perhaps
because the forest behind their home reminded them of Sherwood Forest
in England." There are early descriptions of the scenic beauty of
the landscape and its abundant trees. That doesn't help to decide
whether the tree was planted after the estate was laid out or not,
though. I do hope you are able to determine the age and species of the tree.
Cheers,
Patricia L. Chalmers
Halifax
At 05:19 PM 25/09/2012, you wrote:
>Tomorrow I will go out there with a nature friend and see about
>counting the rings if they haven't pulled it up yet. Maybe the
>friend would be able to determine the species of oak. Heather
>Heather Drope
>Nova Scotia Wild Flora Society
>www.nswildflora.ca
>902-440-5032
>
>We do not see nature with our eyes,
>but with our understandings and our hearts.
> W. Hazlett
At 02:15 PM 25/09/2012, you wrote:
>As we speak, it could be being up rooted. I had not realized how big
>around this tree was before the land was sold or I would have
>documented the size for the Big Tree listing on NatureNS web site.
>Too late now.. I am not going to trespass on to this land.
>Heather..
>Heather Drope
At 11:26 AM 25/09/2012, you wrote:
Yesterday I was on Torrington Ave in Rockinghan and there used to be
an big very old oak tree in the centre of a building lot. Well the
tree is down to make way for a house. I asked the next door neighbor
how old did she think it was and she said they purchased their home
about twenty years ago and were advised at the time that the tree was
over four (400) years old. I believe it. Very sad to see the grand
old tree gone after surviving for that many years.
Heather
Heather Drope
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Heather and all,<br><br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>What a
coincidence! I went up Torrington Drive on Monday evening after
work, heading to Jean Hartley's. I am afraid that I stopped my car
in the middle of the street at the sight of that downed tree! What
an immense stump! And the logs that were lying around it - like the
wheels off some juggernaut. Jean told me that the whole
neighbourhood was lamenting the loss of such a landmark. I don't
know about 400 years old, but a tree of that size has my
respect.<br><br>
<x-tab> </x-tab> There was
an old estate in that area that dated back to 1801. I don't mean
Governor Wentworth's estate at Prince's Lodge, but Rev. Robert Stanser's
country house called "Sherwood Park". It was built
"on a steep rise with a commanding view of Birch Cove and the
Bedford Basin". Sharon and Wayne Ingall's book, <u>Sweet
Suburb: a history of Prince's Lodge, Birch Cove, and Rockingham</u>
(2010), records that Stanser named his "country house Sherwood,
perhaps because the forest behind their home reminded them of Sherwood
Forest in England." There are early descriptions of the scenic
beauty of the landscape and its abundant trees. That doesn't help
to decide whether the tree was planted after the estate was laid out or
not, though. I do hope you are able to determine the age and
species of the tree.<br><br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>Cheers,<br>
<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>Patricia
L. Chalmers<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>Halifax<br>
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At 05:19 PM 25/09/2012, you wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">Tomorrow I will go out there
with a nature friend and see about counting the rings if they haven't
pulled it up yet. Maybe the friend would be able to determine the species
of oak. Heather<br>
<font size=2><i>Heather Drope<br>
Nova Scotia Wild Flora Society<br>
<a href="http://www.nswildflora.ca/" eudora="autourl">
www.nswildflora.ca</a><br>
902-440-5032<br><br>
We do not see nature with our eyes, <br>
but with our understandings and our hearts. <br>
W. Hazlett</blockquote><br>
</i></font>At 02:15 PM 25/09/2012, you wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">As we speak, it could be being
up rooted. I had not realized how big around this tree was before the
land was sold or I would have documented the size for the Big Tree
listing on NatureNS web site. Too late now.. I am not going to trespass
on to this land. <br>
Heather.. <br>
<font size=2><i>Heather Drope</i></font></blockquote><br><br>
At 11:26 AM 25/09/2012, you wrote:<br>
Yesterday I was on Torrington Ave in Rockinghan and there used to be an
big very old oak tree in the centre of a building lot. Well the tree is
down to make way for a house. I asked the next door neighbor how old did
she think it was and she said they purchased their home about twenty
years ago and were advised at the time that the tree was over four (400)
years old. I believe it. Very sad to see the grand old tree gone after
surviving for that many years. <br>
Heather<br>
<font size=2><i>Heather Drope<br>
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