Star reader Joan Love tells us about a 170-year-old bur oak in Kleinburg that she helped save from a housing development. (ANDREW FRANCIS WALLACE / TORONTO STAR)
The tree is so old that it could have been growing when the land was purchased. Over time, it became one of many trees growing along a farm fence line.
The farm property eventually became part of what was then the Kleinburg Golf Club, and the bur oak stood tall on the north side of a back fence.
I have been a lover of nature all my life, and enjoy walking outdoors in the natural areas on the former golf course, along Major Mackenzie Dr., and our property, which we've lived on since 1960.
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