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The Jericho Catapla Tree and The Catalpa Craze of the late 19th Century
There is a wizened Catalpa in Vancouver’s Jericho Beach covered in “DO NOT CLIMB” signs. The tree was likely planted during the Catalpa Craze that swept North America in response to widespread fears of a “timber famine”.
Ryan Regier
May 145 min read
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