Identity area
Type of entity
Authorized form of name
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Orono Nursery
Other form(s) of name
Orono Provincial Forest Station
Orono Forest Station
Orono Provincial Nursery
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Description area
Dates of existence
History
The Orono Nursery was established within the Forestry Branch of the Ontario Department of Lands and Forests in 1922.
Over the course of its existence, the Orono Nursery was also known as the Orono Provincial Forest Station and the Orono Forest Station.
Over time the Nursery formed part of the following divisions and branches of the Department of Lands and Forests: Division of Reforestation, 1941-1957, Division of Timber, 1957-1959, Timber Branch, 1959-1971 and Timber Management Branch, 1971-1972.
In 1972, the Orono Nursery became part of the Ministry of Natural Resources. The Nursery was the responsibility of the following Ministry branches: Forest Management Branch, 1972-1978, Forest Resources Branch, 1978-1989, Forest Management Branch, 1989-1992, Forest Resources Branch, 1992-1993 and Operations Division, 1993-1996.
The Orono Nursery was closed in 1996.
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Functions, occupations and activities
The Orono Nursery produced and distributed trees and tree seed for forest regeneration in Ontario.
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Rules and/or conventions used
RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)
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Dates of creation, revision and deletion
2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM
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Sources
Renewing Nature's Wealth, Richard S. Lambert, 1967
Reports of the Minister of Lands and Forests, 1922-1971
Annual Reports of the Minister of Natural Resources, 1972-1991
KWIC Index, 1995, 1997
Maintenance notes
Not found in Canadiana Authorities, 2000-05-01.
Archivist(s):
Nancy Martin