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White Spruce

Ojibwe Name:

gaawaandag

Scientific Name:

Picea glauca

Significance in Ojibwe Cultures:

Made spruce saplings into snowshoe frames

How to Identify the Leaves:

White spruces normally grow to 24 meters tall and their trunks can reach up to 60 cm in diameter. The tree's needles are about 2 cm long and are bluish green or green in colour, with a whitish powdery, waxy layer. Its bark is normally grey-brown in colour with a flaky texture. Cones are approximately about 5 to 7 centimetres long and are light brown in colour.

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Land Acknowledgment

We would like to acknowledge that we are located on ancestral lands, the traditional territory of the Mississauga Anishinaabe covered by the Williams Treaties. This area, known to the Anishinaabe as “Gidaaki”, has been inhabited for thousands of years – as territories for hunting, fishing, gathering and growing food.


For thousands of years Indigenous people have been the stewards of this place. The intent and spirit of the treaties that form the legal basis of Canada bind us to share the land “for as long as the sun shines, the grass grows and the rivers flow”.

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Location:

297 College Drive
Haliburton, ON K0M 1S0
Tel:

(705) 457-3555

Email:

info@haliburtonsculptureforest.ca

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