This year’s Tree for Boston to come from East Amherst, N.S.

CTV News · Natalie Lombard · 2026-11-06 14:58 UTC

Every Christmas, Nova Scotia gifts a tree to Massachusetts – and this year it will come from a family in Cumberland County.

Every Christmas, Nova Scotia gifts a tree to Massachusetts – and this year it will come from a family in Cumberland County.

Henry and Pat Knol of East Amherst will donate their 14-metre white spruce as Nova Scotia’s 2026 Tree for Boston.

They say they are proud to be part of long-standing tradition, which services as a “thank you” to the American city for sending medical personnel and supplies following the Halifax Explosion in 1917.

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