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The Crooked TreesPosted by Paulie at
4:49 PM on September 6, 2004.
Apparently there's more to see in Saskatchewan than endless prairie and the great big sky. Having heard somewhere about a mysterious group of crooked aspen growing on a farm north of Saskatoon, Ben and I decided to spend a Sunday afternoon drive investigating their existence. It took a bit of doing, and a bit of googling, but I found a map on Virtual Saskatchewan that pointed us in the general direction. We headed north at Radisson, passed Hafford (a town full of road-signs in Ukrainian or something), and turned left onto the next highway. From there, the tiny gif map failed us. We were headed north on rural road 13 (ooh, spooky) looking for the trees halfway to Alticane. Alticane, as you should be made aware, is a group of 6 houses comprising a village. 3 of the houses seem to be occupied. It was creepy as creepy could be. Having found Alticane (after passing it the first time and seeing a dilapidated old sign on the way back), we calculated where a turn-off should be, and drove south a ways. We finally found a turn-off that looked well traveled, and another 5k down the road we looked to our right and saw a sign that read "Crooked Trees, 2 miles north, 1/2 mile west". Having finally arrived, we were somewhat surprised at how small the grove was (no more than 50 feet in any direction), but also that all the other trees, as close as 10 meters away, were growing normally. Nobody knows why these aspen grow this way, but they do know that animals won't go into the mini forest, and that strange lights and sights have been seen in the area. If you're ever in this part of the world, it's a great way to spend an afternoon. Take a look for yourselves: |
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I can't believe that you lived in Saskatchewan most your life and you've never heard of the "Crooked Trees"!?!
Posted by Shay | September 7, 2004 10:15 AM
Posted on September 7, 2004 10:15
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Posted by vesendak | September 15, 2004 1:31 AM
Posted on September 15, 2004 01:31
Amazing. I'd heard of the trees but had never seen them in all of my years of living in S'toon. I was half-hoping for huge gigantic trees the size of small buildings but I guess in Saskatchewan, they are considered fairly tall!
Posted by Pozzy | September 22, 2004 8:34 PM
Posted on September 22, 2004 20:34
this is amazingi'm from wooler but born in blyth, and i no what charvers are cos iam 1 myself
Posted by kelly | November 15, 2004 3:18 PM
Posted on November 15, 2004 15:18
I'm doing a project on Crooked Trees, you might have not heard of them before because people say Aliens took a pee break there...then two years later, these deformed trees that were over 60 years old appeared. It's creepy...Do you have anymore info on this topic?
Posted by Amanda | February 14, 2005 6:03 PM
Posted on February 14, 2005 18:03
I am doing a report on the crooked trees and this website helped alot! Thanx!!! luv Ave
Posted by Avery | May 27, 2005 12:33 PM
Posted on May 27, 2005 12:33
My aunt, Olga Werezak, of Alticane gave my son and I a tour of these phenomenal trees back in 1995. Very interesing specimens.
Posted by Bernie | July 24, 2005 2:43 PM
Posted on July 24, 2005 14:43
When i was about 10 years old my great-grandpa lived in a town called mullingar and one day we went out to mullingar, and he said we should go out to see the crooked trees. My great-granpa lived very close to the crooked trees all his life and he has heard lots of storys about them. He thought that little meteorites landed in that spot and that is how the trees started to get crooked, i dont know if this will help anyone with there questions but i thought that was a pretty cool story =).
Posted by kyle | October 13, 2007 9:06 PM
Posted on October 13, 2007 21:06