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260-Year-Old Copper Beech Tree, 42 Rosebery Place, St. Thomas - Recognized by Ontario Forestry Association as Largest Known Beech Tree in Ontario
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- St. Thomas Times-Journal fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1979-1981
- Accession Number
- 2008-01
- Storage Location
- R4 S6 Sh5 B1 F7
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- St. Thomas Times-Journal fonds
- Creator
- St. Thomas Times-Journal
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession Number
- 2008-01
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 107
- Storage Location
- R4 S6 Sh5 B1 F7
- GMD
- graphic material
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1979-1981
- Publication
- 7a was posted on Facebook: March 21, 2019.
- 7b was posted on Instagram: March 21, 2019.
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 23 x 19.2 cm
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21.3 x 13.5 cm
- 1 p. textual records
- Scope and Content
- One black and white photograph used in St. Thomas Times-Journal article published January 27, 1979 with caption:
- "Largest of its species - The tree in the above photo, a copper beech, has been on the Ontario Forestry Association's honor roll of trees since 1976. It is located in front of a house at 42 Rosebery Place, owned by Archie Campbell, and is estimated to be 250 years old. The tree is 80 feet high and has a girth of 13 feet, eight inches." (7a)
- One black and white photograph used in St. Thomas Times-Journal article published June 27, 1981 in the 1981 Centennial Edition with caption:
- "260-year-old copper beech tree, 42 Rosebery Place, St. Thomas - recognized by Ontario Forestry Association as largest known beech tree in Ontario." (7b)
- St. Thomas Times-Journal article, published January 27, 1979, under the headline "St. Thomas beech tree earns places on Ontario honor roll". (R4_S6_Sh5_B1_F7)
- Name Access
- St. Thomas (Ont.)
- St. Thomas Times-Journal
- Subject Access
- Newspapers
- Trees
- Forestry
- Streets
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