She added: "All four of the tree options — birch, maple, oak and pine — are reflective of Toronto and its history." A Red Oak tree provides shade in a ravine near downtown Toronto.

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Maybe I'll see you there, and The Wise Old Oak can share its secrets with us. The trail has no admission fee, and you can quickly enter it at 35 Albert St. E., St. Jacobs, ON.

The Bur Oak, a landmark at the Lincoln Park Zoo, was about 300 years old. Before it was chopped down, people lined up to say goodbye. Cuttings from the tree are being nurtured into saplings.