Visit Bawaajigan - To Dream
by Artist Jared Tait
Visit our 2025 Downtown Haliburton Sculpture Exhibition!
Join us on Tuesdays in July and August for a free guided walking tour in the Haliburton Sculpture Forest. Tours begin at the kiosk at 297 College Drive in Haliburton at 10:00am. We look forward to seeing you!
Beech
Ojibwe Name:
azhaawemish
Scientific Name:
Fagus grandifolia
Significance in Ojibwe Cultures:
Azhaawemish means tattoo tree, it can handle you carving tattoos into it without it dying.
How to Identify the Leaves:
"American beech trees have broad crowns with bark that is smooth and a light bluish-grey that darkens with age. Its large oval leaves (six to 14 centimetres long) are dark bluish-green on top and lighter beneath.
American beech nuts are edible and popular with many birds and mammals. They grow in pairs in bristly reddish-brown husks. Beech bark disease is currently threatening the species across its entire range."

Sources:
How to Identify Tree: https://www.ontario.ca/page/american-beech