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Travel Ontario For The Perfect Maple Leaf and Win Your
Own Canadian Sugar Maple Tree
Barrie, Ontario ........September 23, 2007 -- With the changing maple
leaves many road trippers and fall foliage enthusiasts will be looking
for the perfect leaf to press and keep as a souvenir of their 2007 autumn
travel. Ontario Travel North of Toronto
and Maple Leaves Forever
have launched a fall contest seeking the perfect maple leaves photograph.
Participants need to submit their favorite photo depicting the best maple
leaves (or leaf) to win one of 10 maple trees.
Maple Leaves Forever is dedicated to restoring the Maple Tree to the
Canadian landscape, especially in Ontario. There has been a reduction
in the number of Maple Trees on the landscape in the last 20 years as
maples planted 100 years ago age and unfortunately are not replaced. The
Maple Leaves Forever website provides a significant educational component
with history and varieties of Maple Trees in Canada.
The Foundation was set up in 2000 and purchased a maple woodlot in Dufferin
County to produce maple trees for distribution. More than 40,000 maple
trees have been distributed to landowners.
Maple Leaves Forever has teamed up with the 400Eleven website promoting
fall color tours north of Toronto to help create a deeper understanding
of the contribution of the maple tree to the fall color experience. 400Eleven
has developed more than 20 suggested fall color road trips and routes
throughout Ontario.
Visitors to the 400Eleven website can enter the contest by submitting
their photos in a jpeg format. The winners will be announced Nov. 1, 2007.
Fall Colour Photo Contest information can be viewed at http://www.400eleven.com/contest.php
Editor's Notes:
Contact Ron Taylor for additional information about the contest, and
to set up interviews with a representative from Maple Leaves Forever.
Ron Taylor can be reached at 705-734-0895.
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