DCHP-3

King's Pine

Hist.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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choice white pine marked with a broad arrow and claimed as government property for use as spars and masts for the navy.

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1945
These "King's Pine" were reserved for use as naval masts and spars. The policy was pursued in Nova Scotia from 1721; in 1774 the timber growing on great tracts of land in the valley of the St. John River, in what afterwards became New Brunswick, was similarly reserved for the navy.