5thingsyou (probably)don't knowabouttreesin Vancouver

The City of Vancouver owes its standing, in a very real way, to trees

It was the lumber industry that built the city in its earliest days, and still is a part of today's economy. They're more than just an economic driver, though, as they play a variety of roles, from local First Nations culture, to urban beautification, to keeping the city healthy

FirstWorldWarveteranAndyNatrall, andthecountlessotherIndigenouswar veteranswhofoughtonthebattlefields. TheInvictusGames,foundedby PrinceHarryin2014,isaninternational sportscompetitionfor woundedandillmilitary personnel.

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ByMinaKerr-Lazenby,LocalJournalism InitiativeReporter

Given this, there are lots of tree facts in this city, from the tree that Queen Elizabeth II planted to Canada's first civic arboretum to the fact there's a map of over 151,000 trees in the city (not including Stanley Park)

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1.Vancouverhasagardenoftreesmentioned byWilliamShakespeare

Stanley Park has many, many hidden gems, and an arboretum of trees mentioned in Shakespeare's play is one of them

The perfect garden for the natural conservationist/ literature nerd, it's also a bit of a historical site, as the first