Fenwick in Pelham in Niagara Region, Ontario — Central Canada (North America)

The Comfort Maple

Photographed by Tim Boyd, November 7, 2024

1. The Comfort Maple Marker

Inscription.
This tree believed to be Canada's oldest sugar maple (acer saccharum) was accepted for its preservation April 30 1961, by the Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority from Miss Edna Eleanor Comfort whose family have owned this land since 1816. She and her late brother Earl Hampden Comfort, to whose memory this tree is now dedicated with gratitude and affection reserved this plot of land for its protection in 1946

"O Lord, how glorious are thy works.”

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Horticulture & Forestry. In addition, it is included in the Historic Trees series list. A significant historical date for this entry is April 30, 1961.

Location. 43° 3.54′ N, 79° 20.734′ W. Marker is in Pelham, Ontario, in Niagara Region. It is in Fenwick. It is on Metler Road 0.4 kilometers east of Balfour Street, on the right when traveling east. The marker is approx. 200 metres south of Metler Road, on a laneway leading to the site. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 632 Metler Road, Pelham ON L0S 1C0, Canada. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is on Ontario’s Golden

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and in Niagara Canada.

It is also in Central Canada.

Globally, it is in North America,

on the Great Lakes,

in the Western Hemisphere,

in the Western World,

and in the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once a British colony,

the Viceroyalty of New France,

the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

and Rupert’s Land.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 6 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: The Reverend Daniel W. Eastman (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); Pelham Cenotaph (approx. 3.1 kilometers away); W.W. 1 German Trench Mortar (approx. 3.1 kilometers away); The Brethren in Christ Church / L’Église de la Fraternité Chrétienne (approx. 3.4 kilometers away); Pelham Quaker Settlement (approx. 4.8 kilometers away); The Fenwick Fair (approx. 4.9 kilometers away); Dexter D’Everardo (approx. 5.2 kilometers away); Fonthill Nurseries (1837-1968) (approx. 5.7 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Pelham.

Photographed by Tim Boyd, November 7, 2024

2. The Comfort Maple Marker

The Comfort Maple heritage designation plaque image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Tim Boyd, November 7, 2024

3. The Comfort Maple heritage designation plaque

Credits. This page was last revised on September 29, 2025. It was originally submitted on November 8, 2024, by Tim Boyd of Hamilton, Ontario. This page has been viewed 153 times since then and 18 times this year. Last updated on September 14, 2025, by Kevin Westell of St. Catharines, Ontario. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on November 8, 2024, by Tim Boyd of Hamilton, Ontario. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.