Billionth Seedling Tree - Queen's Park, Toronto, ON
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jiggs11
N 43° 39.776 W 079° 23.439
17T E 629757 N 4835695
Maple tree representing the Billionth seedling distributed from Ontario since 1908.
Waymark Code: WMPWHV
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 10/30/2015
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Maple tree located on the east side of the Ontario Legislature at Queen's Park. It represents the billionth forest tree seedling that the Ontario government had distributed as of 1968.
The marker reads:
THIS MAPLE TREE
Representing the billionth forest tree seedling
distributed from Ontario government nursuries
since 1908, was planted on November 14th, 1968,
by the Honourable John P. Robards, P.C. QC. Prime Minister of ontario.
Location of the tree: Ontario Legislature, Queen's Park, Toronto
Type of tree: Maple
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