To help get the brain juices flowing in advance of our trivia event happening this Saturday, November 16th, at Outlaw Brewery in Southampton, here's another warm-up question: How many different species of tree are used when building a traditional birch bark canoe? Three: White Birch for the skin, Eastern White Cedar for the gunnels, and …

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To help you get ready for Saturday's trivia social event, here is a practice question: This species of conifer tree is normally found growing in Canada's Boreal forests, but has its southern limits on the Bruce Peninsula. A) White Pine B) Tamarack C) Red Spruce D) Jack Pine Answer: Jack Pine

Check out the BGWA website for details on next Saturday's trivia social event in Southampton.

It was a full slate of attendees for an informative and successful Tree Marking Workshop. Many thanks to organizers Gerald Guenkel (member) and Jim Coles (Board), assisted by Kevin Predon (Board) & Donna Lacey (Board). Pictures have been posted in the Event Photo Gallery (member password required); we have also included a link to the …

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BGWA offers a special rate (half regular membership cost, only $15/year) to new and renewing members who are under 25. Plus, whether joining BGWA as a Youth or Regular member, all new memberships from Nov 1st to end of year are applied to the following year with the remainder of the current year membership as …

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