A Heritage Red Oak Commemorative Plaque, 2019
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Resource ID
7354
Access
Open
Address
not installed yet. To be installed in Verobeach Parkette.
Credit Line
Heritage Toronto
Date of Creation
2019
Historical Themes
Indigenous Heritage, Parks and Natural Heritage
Keywords
Toronto Carrying Trail
Program Category
Historical Plaques
Rights
Heritage Toronto
Time Period
Pre-colonization
Caption
A Heritage Red Oak Commemorative Plaque, 2019
Description
The large red oak (Quercus rubra) situated in the backyard of 76 Coral Gable Drive is more than 250 years old, making it one of the oldest in the city.
Before Europeans colonized this area, the Humber River branch of the Toronto Carrying Place trail system passed nearby. The tree was part of its delicate savannah ecosystem. This network of trails and portages was used by Indigenous peoples to travel between Lake Simcoe and Lake Ontario and to trade throughout what is now Southern Ontario and beyond.
The tree survived European settlement despite logging along the Humber River, clearance of the land for agriculture, and the development of this suburban neighbourhood in the early 1960s.
The Coral Gable Drive red oak is a remarkable specimen of its species, which is native to North America. In 2009, at the initiative of the Weston Historical Society and the Ontario Urban Forest Council, Forests Ontario recognized it as a heritage tree.