47-540: Amherstview is an unincorporated community in the township of Loyalist, Ontario . It is located on the north shore of Lake Ontario and has a population of approximately 7,959 as of 2016. It is adjacent to the city of Kingston and is considered part of the Greater Kingston area. Amherstview is named for Amherst Island , directly to the south in Lake Ontario. When the community was first established in
94-401: A cloth, and leached to remove bitterness. They can then be eaten whole or ground into meal. Quercus rubra is grown in parks and large gardens as a specimen tree. It is not planted as often as the closely related pin oak as it develops a taproot and quickly becomes difficult to transplant, however modern growing pots have made starting seedlings with taproots easier than in the past. It
141-438: A consequence (see below), in cooler regions, northern red oaks often lose their flowers to late spring frosts, resulting in no seed crop for the year. The catkins and leaves emerge at the same time. The acorns develop on the tree for two growing seasons and are released from the tree in early October, and leaf drop begins when day length falls under 11 hours. The timing of leafout and leaf drop can vary by as much as three weeks in
188-629: A fire hall are on Odessa's Main Street . There is a small fairground. An Ontario Provincial Police detachment serves Ontario Highway 401 and is home to the Tactics and Rescue Unit Eastern Region. The water supply of the community of Odessa within the Township of Ernestown was studied in 1972, which led to the planning of infrastructure improvements. The highest point in the village is the water tower. Visible for several kilometres in all directions,
235-552: A large order of Toronto streetcars , tested on a specially constructed TTC gauge track. The Tragically Hip have a recording studio located in Bath called The Bathouse Recording Studio . The band's lead singer, Gordon Downie , was born and raised in Amherstview and attended Amherstview Public School (AVPS). A 100% volunteer-run community radio station, Amherst Island Radio CJAI 101.3 FM , broadcasts from Stella. The township
282-573: A population of 1,957. Odessa, originally named Millcreek, was renamed in 1855 by its postmaster to commemorate the 1854 British siege of the Black Sea port at Odesa in Ukraine during the Crimean War . The village is home to Ernestown Secondary School , which services about 650 students from Loyalist Township (formerly Ernestown Township), Napanee and Stone Mills . The township offices and
329-688: A population of about 6500. Amherstview is home to Fairfield House which is situated in Fairfield Park on the shore of Lake Ontario. Fairfield House was constructed in 1793 by the Fairfield family who were among the first Loyalists to settle the area. It served as the family home and a portion of the building was also used as a tavern for some time. The wood and limestone building is now a museum exhibiting period artifacts and furniture and offering guided tours. Fairfield Park itself stretches along more than 600 m of Lake Ontario shoreline. The park
376-555: A result of elevated temperatures. Northern red oak kernels have highly concentrated amounts of bitter-tasting tannin , a biochemical classified as a predator deterrent, which has limited appeal for consumption among animals. Despite this, the acorns are eaten by deer , squirrels and birds . In Europe, the acorns are consumed by several moth species, particularly Cydia fagiglandana and Cydia splendana , which increases their niche breadths and reduces their competition with Curculio weevils. Due to this, germination rates among
423-564: A result, northern red oak trees found in California, France, and northern Spain all have a higher incidence of fungal infection. Oak Wilt caused by the fungus Bretziella fagacearum is a major pathogen found in eastern North America that can kill trees quickly. There has been a recent northern red oak decline in Arkansas which is “unique in that it is associated with increases in red oak borer” (Enaphalodes rufulus) which “is native to
470-598: A skating arena and an outdoor soccer field. Amherstview is also home to the educational institutions Amherstview Public School and Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic School and Fairfield Elementary School, three elementary and middle schools composed of students in grades kindergarten through eighth grade. Public transportation between Amherstview and Kingston is provided by Kingston Transit . A 100% volunteer-run community radio station, Island Radio CJAI 101.3 FM , serves Amherstview in addition to various media outlets in nearby Kingston . Loyalist, Ontario Loyalist
517-627: A standard car or light truck. There is a nominal charge for bicycles and motorcycles while walk-on passengers are free. Primary and secondary education is provided at a number of schools operated by either the Limestone District School Board or the Algonquin and Lakeshore Catholic District School Board, including Amherstview Public School (K-8) and Ernestown Intermediate and Secondary School (7-12). The nearest post-secondary education (community college and university)
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#1732793802111564-412: A stouter trunk, up to 2 m ( 6 + 1 ⁄ 2 ft) in diameter. It has stout branches growing at right angles to the stem, forming a narrow round-topped head. Under optimal conditions and full sun, northern red oak is fast growing and a 10-year-old tree can be 5–6 m (16–20 ft) tall. Trees may live up to 400 years; a living example of 326 years was noted in 2001. Northern red oak
611-1003: Is a lower-tier township municipality in central eastern Ontario , Canada on Lake Ontario . It is in Lennox and Addington County and consists of two parts: the mainland and Amherst Island . It was named for the United Empire Loyalists , who settled in the area after the American Revolution . Loyalist Township was formed on January 1, 1998, through the amalgamation of Amherst Island Township, Ernestown Township , and Bath Village. The primary centres of settlement in Loyalist are Amherstview , Bath and Odessa. Smaller communities include Asselstine, Bayview, Emerald, Ernestown, Links Mills, McIntyre, Millhaven, Morven, Nicholsons Point, Stella, Storms Corners, Switzerville, Thorpe, Violet and Wilton. Since Loyalist Township
658-490: Is a popular picnicking area and is also well used by swimmers and scuba divers. Limestone shelf rock formations leading into the water simplify the launching and landing of kayaks and canoes although suitable facilities for larger watercraft do not exist. The park is home to many species of trees including red oak , poplar , willow , shagbark hickory , ash , maple , cedar , linden , and spruce . Extensive banks of lilac provide flowers and fragrance in season and many of
705-617: Is also served by media from Kingston . The Township hosts a Winter Carnival each year toward the end of January. A popular event associated with the Carnival is the Christmas Tree Bonfire. In the weeks after Christmas, residents pile their dead Christmas trees at the Odessa Fair Grounds. On an evening during the Carnival, the trees are set blaze as the centrepiece to a night of skating, outdoor games, and
752-467: Is easy to recognize by its bark , which features ridges that appear to have shiny stripes down the center. A few other oaks have bark with this kind of appearance in the upper tree, but the northern red oak is the only tree with the striping all the way down the trunk. As with most other deciduous oaks, leafout takes place in spring when day length has reached 13 hours—it is tied entirely to photoperiod and will take place regardless of air temperature. As
799-461: Is home to Fairfield House which is itself situated in Fairfield Park on the shore of Lake Ontario. Fairfield House was constructed in 1793 by the Fairfield family who were among the first Loyalists to settle the area. It served as the family home and a portion of the building was also used as a tavern for some time. The impressive wood-frame building is now a museum exhibiting period artifacts and furniture and offering guided tours. Since Amherstview
846-650: Is in the adjacent city of Kingston . One of the first schools in Upper Canada was opened in the village of Bath in 1811. Quercus rubra Quercus rubra , the northern red oak , is an oak tree in the red oak group ( Quercus section Lobatae ). It is a native of North America, in the eastern and central United States and southeast and south-central Canada. It has been introduced to small areas in Western Europe, where it can frequently be seen cultivated in gardens and parks. It prefers good soil that
893-467: Is one of the most important oaks for timber production in North America. Quality red oak is of high value as lumber and veneer, while defective logs are used as firewood . Other related oaks are also cut and marketed as red oak, although their wood is not always of as high a quality. These include eastern black oak , scarlet oak , pin oak , Shumard oak , southern red oak and other species in
940-628: Is part of Loyalist Township, it has no legal boundaries. General boundaries are Lake Ontario to the south, the Canadian National rail line to the north, Coronation Boulevard to the east (the City of Kingston boundary), and Lennox and Addington County Road 6 to the west. Amherstview is home to the Henderson Recreation Centre. The centre houses a public library, a 25 m public swimming pool (currently closed for rebuilding),
987-537: Is slightly acidic . Often simply called red oak , northern red oak is so named to distinguish it from southern red oak ( Q. falcata ), also known as the Spanish oak. Northern red oak is sometimes called champion oak . In many forests, Quercus rubra grows straight and tall, to 28 metres (92 feet), exceptionally to 43 m (141 ft) tall, with a trunk of up to 50–100 centimetres (20–39 inches) in diameter. Open-grown trees do not get as tall, but can develop
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#17327938021111034-467: Is the downtown, where the ferry docks are, and lends its name as the surviving Canada Post Office for Amherst Island. Emerald is a collection of half a dozen houses and a church towards the west end of the Island. Amherst Island is located about 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) offshore from mainland Loyalist Township, and is serviced by a people, cyclist, automobile and truck ferry from Millhaven. Amherst Island
1081-607: Is the only municipal level of government in the area, the boundaries of most mainland settlements are unofficial and matters of tradition. Amherstview is named for Amherst Island , located directly to the south in Lake Ontario. When the community was first established in the 1950s, the spelling was generally "Amherst View". The community is the eastern end of the Loyalist Parkway , a stretch of Highway 33 that travels along Lake Ontario , in an area in which many United Empire Loyalists settled. As of 2021, Amherstview has
1128-565: The 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada , Loyalist had a population of 17,943 living in 6,830 of its 7,145 total private dwellings, a change of 5.7% from its 2016 population of 16,971 . With a land area of 342.72 km (132.32 sq mi), it had a population density of 52.4/km (135.6/sq mi) in 2021. Mother tongue (2021): There is a Bombardier Transportation engineering and manufacturing facility located in Millhaven. The 480-acre (190 ha) site
1175-532: The York Road (1817), the Grand Trunk Railway (1856) and the 401 motorway (1964). The closest rail access was an 1856 Ernestown rail station built to the west of Camden East Road in a rural area, similar in design to Napanee 's historic station; it is now boarded up and inaccessible. The town of Bath as of 2016 has a population of 2,154. This is an increase of 10.1% from 2011 when they had
1222-556: The 1950s, the spelling was generally "Amherst View". Amherst is a common place name found in many parts of Canada commemorating Lord Jeffrey Amherst (1717–97), Field-Marshal of the British Army, Commander-in-Chief in North America, and Governor General of British North America from 1760 to 1763. The community is the eastern end of the Loyalist Parkway , a stretch of Highway 33 that travels along Lake Ontario , in an area in which many United Empire Loyalists settled. Amherstview
1269-523: The Southeastern United States, where, during summer heat waves, temperatures can exceed 40 °C (104 °F). The leaves of the northern red oak have been observed to have an acclimation to Rubisco activase activity that is directly correlated to acclimations with repeated exposure to heat waves. Consistent photosynthetic activity in the red oak has also been observed in the presence of high carbon dioxide levels that often occur as
1316-401: The canopy in an oak-heath forest , but generally not as important as some other oaks. Northern red oak is the most common species of oak in the northeastern US after the closely related pin oak ( Q. palustris ). The red oak group as a whole are more abundant today than they were when European settlement of North America began as forest clearing and exploitation for lumber much reduced
1363-558: The eastern United States and usually occurs in mixed oak forests”. “It damages the phloem, sapwood, and heartwood which means the ability for growth and repair is attacked as well as the stability of the tree”. Northern red oak seedlings have been known to have a high mortality rate in northeast regions prone to spring freeze, particularly in Massachusetts. Acorns produced by oaks in this region are typically smaller in size as an adaptation to frost produced in high latitudes; however,
1410-565: The larger trees in the park are fitted with strings of lights for display at Christmas. Amherstview is also home to the Henderson Recreation Centre. The centre houses a public library, a 25 m public swimming pool, and an arena and also includes an outdoor soccer field. The arena is the home rink for the Amherstview Jets hockey team. Bath was first settled by the United Empire Loyalists in 1784, making it one of
1457-459: The last decade, causing leaf browning, bark cracking and bleeding, and high rates of tree mortality across the northeastern United States. The northern red oak is also characterized as one of the most susceptible species to plant fungi Phytophthora cinnamomi and Phytophthora ramorum , which have caused severe, red-black cankers in the trunk region of the species. Both P. cinnamomi and P. ramorum grow under warmer temperature conditions; as
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1504-461: The most necessary component for the species' longevity and survival. The high influx of the species in Europe is primarily based on its economic productivity as a fast-growing source of timber ; however, it has been linked to lower percentages of trace elements and minerals found in the surrounding soil and reduced richness among native oak species such as Quercus robur . The northern red oak
1551-461: The north end of the Great Lakes , east to Nova Scotia , south as far as Georgia , Mississippi , Alabama , and Louisiana , and west to Oklahoma , Kansas , Nebraska , and Minnesota . It grows rapidly and is tolerant of many soils and varied situations, although it prefers the glacial drift and well-drained borders of streams. In the southeastern United States, it is frequently a part of
1598-404: The northern and southern US. Seedlings emerge in spring when soil temperatures reach 21 °C (70 °F). Red oak acorns, unlike the white oak group, display epigeal dormancy and will not germinate without a minimum of three months' exposure to temperatures below 4 °C (40 °F). They also take two years of growing on the tree before development is completed. The species grows from
1645-665: The northern red oak acorns have decreased significantly and resulted in less seed dispersal by animals within Poland. In addition, limited opportunities for dispersal have become costly for the northern red oak in Europe. European animals known for dispersing tendencies, such as the European jay and wood mouse , have been found to be more attracted to local oak species. Quercus rubra has effective ectomycorrhizal relationships that have been correlated with increased growth rates. Northern red oak trees have been shown to increase growth in
1692-451: The northern red oak has become the fourth-most significant invasive species, colonizing several regions across Belgium , Germany , Northern Italy , Lithuania , Poland , Ukraine , European Russia , the Urals and Western Siberia ). The northern red oak is primarily found on the edges of woodland reserves in Europe, where light availability, tannin concentration, and animal dispersal are
1739-479: The oldest communities in Ontario. It was served by an early colonial road, the 1784 Bath Road , which follows the lakefront as the Loyalist Parkway . Discharged soldiers from Jessup's Rangers were the first settlers. The economic development of the community was enabled by a sheltered harbour and road connections with Kingston stimulated economic development. By mid-century Bath was a prosperous point of trade. After
1786-509: The population of the formerly dominant white oaks. “Northern red oak ( Quercus rubra L. ) is monoecious , dichogamous , wind-pollinated , and self-incompatible ”. Pollination occurs in the first growing season, but fertilization and acorn maturation occur during the second growing season. Over the last few decades, the northern red oak has dealt with several environmental factors, mainly disease, predation by insects, and limited opportunities for dispersal. These stresses have impacted
1833-428: The presence of various ascomycetes that coil at the base of the oak trunk. The fungi, which eventually proliferate at the stumps of deciduous trees, have been found to be host-specific to both Quercus rubra and Quercus montana and primarily promote growth upon infection. It was introduced to Europe in the 1700s and has naturalized throughout most of western and central Europe. Across western and central Europe,
1880-462: The red oak group. Construction uses include flooring, veneer, interior trim, and furniture. It is also used for lumber, railroad ties, and fence posts. Red oak wood grain is so open that smoke can be blown through it from end-grain to end-grain on a flat-sawn board. For this reason, it is subject to moisture infiltration and is unsuitable for outdoor uses such as boatbuilding or exterior trim. The acorns can be collected in autumn, shelled, tied up in
1927-559: The resulting smaller seedlings have produced limited opportunities for animal consumption and dispersal. Flooding along the continental United States has been shown to be a major issue for the northern red oak, in which decreased phloem transport and photosynthetic activity has been observed, but only after multiple days of flooding, indicating that the northern red oak has adapted moderate resistance to excess water exposure. The northern red oak has also developed tolerance mechanisms for heat stress, particularly observed in deciduous forests in
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1974-461: The roasting of hotdogs and marshmallows. The township is served by provincial Highway 401 Highway 2, and Highway 33 . Public transportation between Amherstview and Kingston is provided by Kingston Transit . A toll ferry, the Frontenac II , operates between Millhaven (on the Ontario mainland) and Stella (on Amherst Island). As of January, 2021, the toll is $ 10 for a return trip ticket on
2021-522: The species' ability to proliferate in both the Northeast and Europe. The various environmental responses observed in Quercus rubra across several temperate environmental conditions have allowed for it to serve as a model organism for studying symbiotic relationships, dispersal, and habituation between tree species. Canker pathogen, Diplodia corticola , has become a major pathogen to the species over
2068-588: The town had been divided up between the families of Hawley, Davy, Rose and Amey, it was John Davy who was first to lay down roads on his lot #10. By 1804 the whole village had been prepared for settlement and surveyed. The village was originally named Ernestown, but was renamed Bath in 1819 after the city in England . A bustling lakefront manufacturing village with 400-1000 people in the 1850s, Bath began to lose industrial importance to Napanee (and to cities like Kingston/Belleville) after being successively bypassed by
2115-477: The water tower has been outfitted as a wireless communications facility. The village bills itself as "home of the Babcock Mill," which historically was powered by Millhaven Creek which runs through the heart of Odessa. In the 2020s Odessa has experienced increased residential development which will ultimately see it approximately double in population. Stella and Emerald are located on Amherst Island. Stella
2162-452: Was farmed for generations by Irish tenants who leased from an Irish Lord through his manager, and many Islanders are descendants of those late settlers. Today the agricultural canvas has become an art colony, retirement/ cottage country, with active service groups, a radio station, Amherst Island Radio CJAI 101.3 FM , and the LCBO convenience store, that all add to the Island's frison . In
2209-560: Was originally opened by the now-defunct Urban Transportation Development Corporation around 1978. In 2010, Bombardier received a $ 1.5 million grant from the province's Eastern Ontario Development Fund to invest in the facility. By 2011, there were 250 full-time employees. Throughout the late 2010s, the facility was used for vehicle manufacturing, testing, and retrofitting work on various Canadian light rail and metro rail projects, including Toronto's Eglinton Crosstown , Waterloo Region's Ion light rail , Edmonton's Valley Line , and part of
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