St. Mary’s High School is proud to have a Vimy Ridge Oak tree on our campus.
This oak tree (Quercus rober, aka: common or pedunculate or European or English oak), is a true descendant of one of the Vimy Ridge acorns sent home to Canada by Lt. Leslie H. Miller, (Canadian Expeditionary Force), who named the trees grown from these acorns (on his family’s farm in Scarborough, Ontario), the ‘Vimy Oaks.’ (Vimy Oaks Legacy)
This oak tree is a small (but significant!) part of our greater, long-term Community Legacy Project
Vimy Ridge Oak sapling – transplant day – Oct. 11, 2018
Vimy Ridge Oak tree – 8 years later (Sept 18, 2026)
To learn more, visit the links below:
- The Vimy Ridge Oak Story
- Vimy Ridge Oak – Certificate of Authenticity
- Vimy Oaks Legacy
- The Vimy Foundation
- Operation Vimy Ridge
- Battle of Vimy Ridge
- Historica Canada – Heritage Minutes – Vimy Ridge
Vimy Ridge battlefield – France – April 1917 – by: Adam Moran, Victoria Goodwin and Sarah Toole
Vimy Ridge Memorial
