November 25, 2012

old tree with old fence wire.

Note: There is a fence wire imbedded in the old tree -1528687.71, 1646805.63 on the east side of the railway where it crosses the river. This rusting fence implies that spot was an original property line of 1879 ( of the north eastern location of lot 94 from the map of 1879).

location of old fence I removed



1924 map.

There was this over 100 year old fence in a part of the whitehorse rapids forest. I circled the fence on the above map of 1924. The train line was built in 1916. I don`t expect they would put up a fence knowing the train was going to go through any time soon. This is how I judge it to be over 100 years old.

I put it in a pile in an open area.

One (pile someone else made) section seemed new, like it was made of stainless steel, so I was thinking this came from the train line fence, but looking at the 1924 map the pile could have come from fencing above the red circle going to the river shoreline.

Aerial map of 1947-49

1879 map that is very inaccurate . It looks like the railway tracks went right through the house (square). No remains exist to my knowledge.

1918 map that is accurate. Source of the metal fence in the tree (top photo) is in this image.

Reflecting: In these images tree's tend to grow on the property lines . The fence I took out (while in place) helped protect the land from tractors and other of mankind's activities. The area is well grown today.  I have not taken the fence out of the land , where would I take it to?, I would not cross the electrified train tracks with a piece of metal. The place where I left it is (was open field) now growing some trees. I believe the fence is protecting the young tree's from foot traffic and the all terrain motor vehicles that run through the area. A fence can be a good thing for plant growth to return.