On October 14th almost 30 avid forest history buffs met at Sulphur Springs Conservation Area to enjoy hot coffee and delicious donuts to start an excellent day visiting fascinating historical sights around the town of Hanover.

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The Forest History Society (US) https://foresthistory.org/ just announced the results of the annual competition for their Charles A. Weyerhaeuser Book Award and we are delighted to share the results.

On Sept 27th as part of the CIF Annual Meeting program in Nanaimo, FHO Board members Terry Schwan and Jim Farrell were treated to an excellent field tour that included visits to beautiful Cowichan Lake, a very successful pole plant in Ladysmith and monstrous trees in Chemainus, but the highlight was certainly the time we were hosted at the BC Forest Discovery Centre in Duncan, BC. 

At a recent meeting of the Board of Directors, for Forest History Ontario one of its long-standing members, Dolf Wynia, known to a great many people in the forestry community, advised the group he had recently donated a copy of the historical book Sylva, A Discussion of Forest Trees, to the Lakehead University Library.

While our paths never crossed, his legacy around Lake Superior Park lived on past his move back down south in 1974 after 10 years as a forester for Weyerhaeuser Canada.

The passing of Ben Lecours of Lecours Lumber, one of the very last independent family-owned sawmills in Ontario

The smoke cleared; the weather cooperated; and, the bugs stayed scarce ..it was a perfect day for a tour of the St Williams/Turkey Point area of Norfolk County.

My Early Years

I grew up in the boreal forest of Newfoundland where I spent much of my childhood and teen years wandering in the bush behind our house and accompanied my maternal grandfather on his trapline and on moose hunts.

1-Ken, in your book Into the Woods-My Life in Forestry you offer excellent insights into your very early interest in forests and the natural environment and that your Dad worked in the Timmins area in the mining sector.  As a result, do you think you have a special attachment to northeastern Ontario?

A forest history tour through the St. Williams Conservation Reserve and Backus Woods.

On February 17th, in conjunction with the annual Forests Ontario conference ‘Growing a Healthy Tomorrow’, in Alliston, Ontario, Forest History Ontario hosted a very well received panel of expert speakers on aspects of Ontario’s forest history.