A dendrochronological fire history of Opeongo lookout in Algonquin Park, Ontario

Richard P. Guyette; Daniel C. C. Dey

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A dendrochronological fire history of Opeongo lookout in Algonquin Park, Ontario

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Richard P. Guyette, Daniel C. C. Dey

Year:

1995

Type:

Scientific Journal

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

Forest Research Report No. 134. 1995. pp. 1-4.

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Abstract

Fire-scarred stumps and natural snags of red pine (Pinus resinosa Ait.) on a 70-m tall bluff along Costello Creek, 2 km south of Lake Opeongo, were dated using dendrochronological methods. A fire scar chronology was constructed from 18 of the red pine samples that contained 34 dated fire scars.

Keywords

Fire history, dendrochronology, red pine, presettlement, disturbance, anthropogenic

Citation

Guyette, Richard P.; Dey, Daniel C. 1995. A dendrochronological fire history of Opeongo lookout in Algonquin Park, Ontario. Forest Research Report No. 134. 1995. pp. 1-4.