On October 14th almost 30 avid forest history buffs met at Sulphur Springs Conservation Area to enjoy hot coffee and delicious donuts to start an excellent day visiting fascinating historical sights around the town of Hanover.
On Sept 27th as part of the CIF Annual Meeting program in Nanaimo, FHO Board members Terry Schwan and Jim Farrell were treated to an excellent field tour that included visits to beautiful Cowichan Lake, a very successful pole plant in Ladysmith and monstrous trees in Chemainus, but the highlight was certainly the time we were hosted at the BC Forest Discovery Centre in Duncan, BC.
The smoke cleared; the weather cooperated; and, the bugs stayed scarce ..it was a perfect day for a tour of the St Williams/Turkey Point area of Norfolk County.
1-Ken, in your book Into the Woods-My Life in Forestry you offer excellent insights into your very early interest in forests and the natural environment and that your Dad worked in the Timmins area in the mining sector. As a result, do you think you have a special attachment to northeastern Ontario?
A forest history tour through the St. Williams Conservation Reserve and Backus Woods.
On February 17th, in conjunction with the annual Forests Ontario conference ‘Growing a Healthy Tomorrow’, in Alliston, Ontario, Forest History Ontario hosted a very well received panel of expert speakers on aspects of Ontario’s forest history.
Join Forest History Ontario for a live speaker panel - Historical Forest Landscapes Across Southern Ontario
By Dave Lemkay
Herb Shaw and Sons Ltd. is purported to be the oldest continuously operated family lumber business in Canada. It’s unlikely that there’s anyone around who can dispute that.
Forest History Tour 2023
Back by popular demand and given the success of this year’s tour in the York and Durham Regional Forests, FHO is organizing a tour of the St William’s area for the spring of 2023.
