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<\/a>Glimpses of forest north Marsh Lake in 2017 On Sep 20 and 22, 2019, I walked a few routes into forest on a large drumlin just south of the Sackville River, accessed via a powerline. <\/p>\n I chose those particular areas because, as well as having \u2018the area north of Marsh Lake\u2019 on my bucket list,\u00a0 I wanted to check out a report that there were\/are \u2018some magnificent ash trees\u2019 in that area, or words to that effect.<\/p>\n I was hardly disappointed. I found some of those magnificent ash trees \u2013 and a lot of magnificent specimens of other species including many of eastern hemlock, red maple, sugar maple, yellow birch, and red spruce that qualify as \u201cBig Trees<\/a>\u201d (trees 20\u201d, or 0.5 m, diameter at breast height and greater). <\/p>\n Read more<\/a>…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Forests north of Marsh Lake were on my bucket list to investigate from the time I caught my first glimpses of them in 2017 (photos at right). They looked to be magnificent mixed Acadian forest. On Sep 20 and 22, … Continue reading
from the area where Perverill’s Brook
enters Marsh Lake.
Click on images for larger versions<\/em><\/p><\/div> Forests north of Marsh Lake were on my bucket list to investigate from the time I caught my first glimpses of them in 2017 (photos at right). They looked to be magnificent mixed Acadian forest.<\/p>\n