Park Naturalists theorise that these trees were planted by the Boy Scouts of Canada in the early-mid 1960s. The age of the trees and the fact that Boy Scouts did in fact plant nothing but Red Pines all across Canada as their "Centennial Project" in the 1960s backs this theory up. The Red Pines are not natural to the park eco-system, however, as they are planted in an inhospitable sand dune micro-environment of the park.
Park Naturalists theorize that these trees were planted by the Boy Scouts of Canada in the early-mid 1960s. The age of the trees and the fact that Boy Scouts did indeed plant only Red Pines all across Canada as their "Centennial Project" in the 1960s supports this theory. The Red Pines are not native to the park's ecosystem, however, as they are planted in an inhospitable sand dune micro-environment of the park.