This tree was donated by the classes of 1967 and 1973 from the Royal Military College of Canada (Kingston). It comes from the direct lineage of the oaks once found on Vimy Ridge. The acorns from these trees were collected by Lieutenant Leslie Miller of the Canadian Corps of Signals in April 1917. The Battle of Vimy Ridge, which claimed the lives of 3,598 Canadians, was a milestone in the formation of a sense of Canadian identity.
Two Vimy Oak benches were also installed nearby, and were donated by the Fondation des ancien(ne)s du CMR Ex-Cadet Foundation.
