Kingswood?

[cp2000]

I have heard rumors that it is still possible to find trees in NH that where marked with a kings symbol( the trees used as masts for sail boats in the old times) Can anyone put some proof to this or is it urban legend. I've heard there may be one in Wolfboro(maybe the reason they named there High school Kingswood??????????????)

 

[Undershaft]

I personally don't know of any, but that would be an amazing sight to see. Would the markings still be visible, or would they have grown over by now? Any trees marked by the crown that still exist will have no doubt grown a lot in 230 years.

 

[Greg]

There was a thread about this a long time ago, maybe pre-crash. Maybe try looking up king's timber on the search function. If I remember, there may have been a couple trees that had a mark on them.

 

[darren]

Near the Flume, there is a covered bridge built on top of a tree thay lays across a stream. I can not recall the name of it. For some reason I seem to think that the tree was a kingswood. Does anyone know about that bridge/tree?

- darren

 

[RGF1]

I have heard rumors that it is still possible to find trees in NH that where marked with a kings symbol( the trees used as masts for sail boats in the old times) Can anyone put some proof to this or is it urban legend. I've heard there may be one in Wolfboro(maybe the reason they named there High school Kingswood??????????????)

There may well be a very small amount of them left as they would be over 250 + years old. Most of New englands has bveen logged several times . . So many of them would have ben cut down. The mark was distinctive but would be had to see now though it would not look like a normal wound that has healed over on a White Pine.
there is quite a history about them as the people who lived then would cut them down to spite the king of england and of course use them. At that time White Pine was a predominate tree it is on it's way back to being a prdominate tree. . They gr orw very fast depending on precitation and yearly temperatures over a foot a year. I have dropped a few that were over 150 ft tall. . They are a very dangerous tree to cut down . Many a logger lost life or limb cutting them down. I think you could go to the UNH site and look into the UNH Cooperative they might have info on finding or even where a "kings" white pine is.
I also believe that is why the School in Wolfboror has the name it does. It could also be that White pine was sarcastically Kings wood.

 

[skiguy]

Old Mast Road

You may want to try to sniff around on the "Old Mast Road". Read up in the White Mountain Guide :"The original road was reputedly built for hauling out the tallest timbers as masts for the British navy."
The trail is located off the Ferncroft Road in Wonalancet,NH.