Tree shaped plantation on hillside above Marr Lodge, Deeside
Peter Aikman, Chester, formerly of Deeside has brought to the attention of Forestry Memories the location of an unusual shaped planted area of trees above Marr Lodge on Deeside. He indicates the area is known locally as Maple Leaf Wood and the image is shown above.
There are various versions of the origin of this wood:
"Canadian Lumberjacks worked the Marr Lodge Estate forests around the Second World War. They either planted or cut down an area to make out the shape of a Maple Leaf as a lasting tribute
or
The truth is that that area of the wood was flattened by gales in the 1920’s. It was cleared and replanted but the trees were too small to be of any use when the Canadians arrived to fell most of the woods".
Can anyone recall being told the actual origin of this wood, the planting year and the species used?
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