LUNENBURG - An early Christmas gift from Nova Scotia is on its way to Boston, in the form of a 45-foot-tall tree.Â
The annual Tree for Boston was felled this morning in Lunenburg County, N.S.
Holly Meuse from L'sitkuk First Nation performs a smudging ceremony before the 13.7-metre white spruce tree from Lunenburg County is cut as Nova Scotia's 2025 Tree for Boston, in Martins Brook, N.S. on Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025. The province of Nova Scotia sends a tree to Boston each holiday season as a thank you to the city for sending medical personnel and supplies following the Halifax Explosion in 1917. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese
Onlookers take photos as a crew prepares a 13.7-metre white spruce tree from Lunenburg County that was selected as Nova Scotia's 2025 Tree for Boston, in Martins Brook, N.S., on Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025. The province of Nova Scotia sends a tree to Boston each holiday season as a thank you to the city for sending medical personnel and supplies following the Halifax Explosion in 1917. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese
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Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, left, assists in cutting a 13.7-metre white spruce tree from Lunenburg County that was selected as Nova Scotia's 2025 Tree for Boston, in Martins Brook, N.S. on Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025. The province of Nova Scotia sends a tree to Boston each holiday season as a thank you to the city for sending medical personnel and supplies following the Halifax Explosion in 1917. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu is outfitted with safety equipment before assisting with cutting the 13.7-metre white spruce tree from Lunenburg County that was selected as Nova Scotia's 2025 Tree for Boston, in Martins Brook, N.S. on Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025. The province of Nova Scotia sends a tree to Boston each holiday season as a thank you to the city for sending medical personnel and supplies following the Halifax Explosion in 1917. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, centre, is surrounded by students and faculty from Nova Scotia Community College after cutting a 13.7-metre white spruce tree from Lunenburg County that was selected as Nova Scotia's 2025 Tree for Boston, in Martins Brook, N.S. on Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025. The province of Nova Scotia sends a tree to Boston each holiday season as a thank you to the city for sending medical personnel and supplies following the Halifax Explosion in 1917. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese
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