Tree Service in Little Canada, MN

Tree Service in Little Canada tends to involve water. The city covers about 4.5 square miles, and roughly 13% of that is lakes and wetlands, with Lake Gervais on the east side the largest. The lake is named for Benjamin Gervais, a French Canadian settler who moved north from Saint Paul in 1844 and built Minnesota's first independent grist mill near what is now Gervais Mill Park. The city's French Canadian roots are still part of its identity, down to its sister-city tie with Thunder Bay, Ontario.

Shoreline trees behave differently

Trees near lakes and ponds grow in soil that stays wet for much of the year. Willows, cottonwoods, silver maples and box elder do well there, but they also grow fast, put on heavy wood and root shallowly. After a soaking rain followed by wind, a shoreline tree can tip over root plate and all. We watch for a few warning signs on lake lots:

• A tree leaning more toward the water than it did last year
• Soil cracking or heaving on the side opposite the lean
• Large dead limbs on cottonwoods and willows, which often fail in summer
• Decay at the base where the bark is soft or missing

When we work on a shoreline tree, we keep debris out of the water and keep equipment off soft ground where it can rut the lawn or crush roots of the trees you are keeping.

Working with what the county allows

Little Canada is in Ramsey County, which is under an emerald ash borer quarantine, so ash wood cannot leave the county. Residents can bring their own trees and branches to Ramsey County yard waste sites that accept woody material, such as Frank and Sims or Midway in Saint Paul, but those sites do not take stumps with roots or loads dumped from dump trailers, and they are not open to tree care companies. When we do a removal, the estimate says whether we chip and haul everything, cut the trunk into rounds for you, or leave chips for your beds.

Ash in a mid-century suburb

The village of Little Canada incorporated in 1953, and many neighborhoods date from the decades right after. Ash was a favorite street and yard tree in that era. Emerald ash borer has been in Ramsey County since it was found in Saint Paul in 2009, so any ash that has not been treated is likely infested or dead by now. We remove dead ash in sections where access is tight and take care to keep brittle limbs from dropping onto roofs.

Parks next door

Gervais Mill Park, Pioneer Park, Spooner Park and Nadeau Wildlife Park give the city a fair amount of green space for its size. If your lot borders one, we plan cuts so nothing lands on public land, and if a tree on the line belongs to the city, we will point you to the right contact before we touch it.

Call us

Call (651) 374-8562 or use the online form. We will come out, look at the tree and the access, and leave a written quote. Get a free estimate