Remember This? Jewelled plague

By James Powell, City News, July 18, 2022

CityNews, in partnership with the Historical Society of Ottawa, brings you this weekly feature by Director James Powell, highlighting a moment in Ottawa's history.

Something was wrong with the ash trees in the east end of Ottawa.

Trees lining St Laurent Boulevard and Ogilvie Road near the Queensway were under stress, their upper canopies thinning, with wild growth appearing lower down their trunks. Sent out to investigate, the city’s Forestry Services discovered small “D” shaped holes on their trunks and branches along with strange serpentine tunnels that scored the wood immediately under the bark.


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