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photo credit to Sue Hogenkamp
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Mount Forest Tree Trust Trees
Click on each caption to learn more about the tree’s story.
We are excited to have chosen an Amur Cork Tree as our first legacy tree to receive care. Stay tuned for details about the unveiling happening on September 21st!
We are excited to have chosen an Amur Cork Tree as our first legacy tree to receive care. Stay tuned for details about the unveiling happening on September 21st!
For more information, feel free to contact us at: Mt.[email protected]
Chapter News & Events
News
- Mount Forest Legacy Tree of the Year
- Mount Forest hosting Launch Tree event on September 21st!
- Wellington North Green Team developing framework to protect municipal trees
- At this rate, we will be just Mount, no Forest
Events
- Mount Forest Tree Walk
- Mount Tree Forest -First Tree of the Year
- Mount Forest hosting Launch Tree event on September 21st!
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About Mount Forest Tree Trust
Mount Forest is located at the junction of Highway 6 and Highway 89 in the township of Wellington North, Ontario Canada. The population is 5040 as of 2021.Prior to European settlement, present day Mount Forest was prime hunting ground for the Saugeen Ojibway peoples due to its location on the Saugeen River. Because of this, many sacred burial sites are believed to be located in the White Bluffs region of present-day Mount Forest.
The settlement was surveyed into lots in 1853 by Francis Kerr, a provincial land surveyor, with the village-plot names Mount Forest. By 1864 the population had grown to 1185 so that it qualified to be incorporated as a village. In 1869, Mount Forest was listed as an “incorporated Village of the Townships of Egremont, Normanby, and Arthur” in the County of Wellington, as being “one of the most enterprising villages in teh West” with a population of 1700.
At an elevation of 430 meters (1,410ft) above seal level, Mount Forest is one of the highest towns in Southern Ontario being located in the western portion of the Dundalk highlands. The aim of the Mount Forest Green Team, now representing a Chapter of Tree Trust, is to justify the name “Forest” in Mount Forest!