"Kenny Street Elm": First recognized as a notable tree in 1987 by W.J. Mager. It was saved by the City of Winnipeg Forestry Branch about 1972 during the re-construction of Kenny Street by diverting the new pavement around the tree. This elm figured prominently in the life of a well known young pioneer named Victor Mager. Victor Mager had moved with his family from Lorraine, France in 1859 to St. Boniface where they took up residence on or near the present site of St. Boniface Hospital. In his early years, Mr. Mager regularly hunted wild game throughout the areas now referred to as Norwood and St. Vital. On one of his forays in 1889 he marked the tree with a cross, and the tree soon became a recognized landmark. By 1926, when Mr. Mager was 75 years of age, the cross was overgrown with about 15cm of new wood. Source: Manitoba Forestry Association. 1987. Heritage Trees of Manitoba. Canadian Forest Service. Winnipeg, Manitoba. P. 22.

"Kenny Street Elm": First recognized as a notable tree in 1987 by W.J. Mager. It was saved by the City of Winnipeg Forestry Branch about 1972 during the re-construction of Kenny Street by diverting the new pavement around the tree. This elm figured prominently in the life of a well known young pioneer named Victor Mager. Victor Mager had moved with his family from Lorraine, France in 1859 to St. Boniface where they took up residence on or near the present site of St. Boniface Hospital. In his early years, Mr. Mager regularly hunted wild game throughout the areas now referred to as Norwood and St. Vital. On one of his forays in 1889 he marked the tree with a cross, and the tree soon became a recognized landmark. By 1926, when Mr. Mager was 75 years of age, the cross was overgrown with about 15cm of new wood. Source: Manitoba Forestry Association. 1987. Heritage Trees of Manitoba. Canadian Forest Service. Winnipeg, Manitoba. P. 22.