No, this isn't Alberta. The poplars are in a stand out back of our place in North Bay - it's a real diverse bush with over a dozen species of trees, some incredibly large - white pine, red pine, tamarack, cedar, white spruce, hemlock, black spruce, balsalm fir, white birch, yellow birch, silver birch, red oak, sugar maple, silver maple, alder, ash ....