Comfort Maple
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The Comfort Maple tree is an individual sugar maple (Acer saccharum) located in Comfort Maple Conservation Area in the Town of Pelham, Ontario
. The tree is estimated to be about 500 years old. This estimate is not based upon a complete ring count, If correct, it would make this one of the oldest sugar maple trees in Canada.
The tree is named for the Comfort family, who acquired the land in 1816. A township map from later in the 19th century shows the land owned by John B. Comfort , and a sign at the site tells visitors that the tree and the land around it were donated to the Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority on April 30, 1961 by Miss Edna Eleanor Comfort.
The tree is 24.5 metres (80.4 ft) tall with a crown that is 125 feet (38.1 m) in circumference with the trunk itself measured at 6 metres (19.7 ft) in circumference at the base. Due to the rigors of age as well as at least one major lightning strike, the tree has been repaired over the years with bricks , concrete, and guy wires. The conservation area is located at the end of a narrow lane off Metler Road. (Niagara Regional Rd. 28) near North Pelham. It is surrounded by farm land. It is just 0.1 hectare (0.247105163015276 acre) and has a small parking area.
Pelham, Ontario
The Town of Pelham is located in the centre of Niagara Region in Ontario, Canada.The town's southern boundary is formed by the Welland River, a meandering waterway that flows into the Niagara River. To the west is the township of West Lincoln, to the east the city of Welland, and to the north the...
. The tree is estimated to be about 500 years old. This estimate is not based upon a complete ring count, If correct, it would make this one of the oldest sugar maple trees in Canada.
The tree is named for the Comfort family, who acquired the land in 1816. A township map from later in the 19th century shows the land owned by John B. Comfort , and a sign at the site tells visitors that the tree and the land around it were donated to the Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority on April 30, 1961 by Miss Edna Eleanor Comfort.
The tree is 24.5 metres (80.4 ft) tall with a crown that is 125 feet (38.1 m) in circumference with the trunk itself measured at 6 metres (19.7 ft) in circumference at the base. Due to the rigors of age as well as at least one major lightning strike, the tree has been repaired over the years with bricks , concrete, and guy wires. The conservation area is located at the end of a narrow lane off Metler Road. (Niagara Regional Rd. 28) near North Pelham. It is surrounded by farm land. It is just 0.1 hectare (0.247105163015276 acre) and has a small parking area.