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 Oak sapling – transplant day – Oct. 11, 2018
To learn more, visit the links below:
- How a handful of acorns taken from the ruins of battle are repopulating Vimy Ridge with oak trees. From: CBC Radio – Day 6 with Brent Bambury – Nov. 9, 2018
- The Vimy Ridge Oak Story
- Vimy Ridge Oak – Certificate of Authenticity
- Vimy Oaks Legacy
- Canadian War Museum – Battle of Vimy Ridge – Vimy Ridge Maps
- The Vimy Foundation
- Veterans Affairs Canada – Vimy Ridge Fact Sheet
- Historica Canada – Heritage Minutes – Vimy Ridge
Vimy Ridge battlefield – France – April 1917 – by: Adam Moran, Victoria Goodwin and Sarah Toole
Vimy Ridge Memorial
