A 125-year-old Calgary elm tree will be cut down, but it won't be forgotten

An American Elm that has grown in the parking lot outside the Calgary Stampede grounds for more than 125 years, will be removed this spring but it will live on, thanks to the Internet. The tree, affectionately known as the Stampede Elm, was planted at the intersection of four backyards in the early 1900s. Now, as progress is being made on the new event centre, officials say the tree will be removed this spring. Efforts were made to determine if the Stampede Elm could be transplanted, but the cit