William Snodden laid out village lots in 1854 and this place was called Snodden’s Corners. It was renamed in 1862 and legend has it that a local meeting was held to select a name. The chairman, soliciting suggestions, asked Dora Brethour and said “What about you, Dora?”

Local scenes, botany and birds:

Red Maple Swamp:

In the glaciated Northeastern North America, red maple is the dominant
species in swamps where soils are saturated or seasonally flooded from late fall through early summer in most years. Marshes are always full of water but swamps are only partially or intermittently covered with water.

The Toronto Field Naturalists own a property called the Jim Baillie Nature Reserve which is largely a red maple swamp. I had a good walk in it on this day:

Some typical red maple swamp botany:

Here is a post of The Jim Baillie Nature Reserve which includes a short biography of Jim Baillie from May, 2019:

https://mileshearn.com/2019/05/29/jim-baillie-nature-reserve-may-2019/

NATURE POETRY

Let it rain in April and May for me,
And all the rest of the year for thee.   – Proverb

Miles Hearn