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Maple glory

Posted by Erika Barthelmess,
North Country explorer from Canton, NY
August 4, 2015 —

I love this sugar maple growing in my yard. Here it is in August glory. I suspect this tree was planted when my house was built in 1848, 8 years prior to the founding of St. Lawrence University.