The early snowfall this weekend damaged a number of trees in the valley, including a centuries-old tree in East Coulee.
Irvin Almadi told the Mail he estimated the prairie poplar tree was between 400 to 500 years old, as he had a similarily large tree on his East Coulee property cored and aged at around 500 years old. The snowfall early on Saturday morning caused this tree to topple over, with the roots being ripped up through the ground.
Town crews are working this week to clean up branches left over the weekend, as are a number of residents in the valley.
