- The Confederation Tree -
Duncan, B.C.
The Confederation Tree outside the Provincial Court House at the intersection of Government and Station Streets in downtown Duncan, B.C. was planted by Brother David Alexander of Temple Lodge, No. 33, A.F. & A.M., on 1 July 1927 to commemorate the 60th anniversary of Canada's Confederation in 1867.
Brother Alexander was selected to plant this maple tree as he was, at the time, the oldest settler in the district, having first settled in the Cowichan Valley as a child in 1862.
Brother David Anderson (foreground) plants the Confederation Tree on Government Street, Duncan, B.C. on 1 July 1927. Other identified indicduals in this photo are, from right to left, Wor. Bro. Hugh George Savage, Mr. Ashby, Mr. E.S. Lomas, Mrs. Art Howe, Mrs. W.M. Prevost, Mrs. J. Bailey, Mr. and Mrs. J. Gibb. The two men to the left of Bro. Alexander are not identified. (Photo courtesy of Cowichan Valley Archives)
