The Old Tamarack at Bellevue House

This Wednesday our group painted at Bellevue House. This is the Kingston residency of the first Prime Minister of Canada and his family. What a beautiful setting for this Spanish architecture home, on the shores of Lake Ontario. As Sir John A. waited on his porch for his carriage, he probably glanced over at the lake to see if any ships were coming into Kingston Harbour and maybe he noticed the tamarack or larch tree growing in front of his house. The tree is one of the oldest specimens of a tree of this type in the area and has definitely outlived Sir John A Macdonald.