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REAL LIFE MYSTERY… DO YOU KNOW THE STORY BEHIND THE SHOE TREE?

11/23/2014

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In my latest romantic suspense, DEADLINE, there's a tree covered with ribbons. The story is that after a local high school athlete died in a tragic accident, students tied their ribbons to the tree where he died… and students have continued to do so ever since. It was inspired by the real life "shoe tree" on Crossland Road in Ontario, Canada. We pass it every time we drive up to Wasaga Beach. 
It's beautiful and haunting, but nobody I've talked to seems to know when or why people started tying their shoes to this tree. Some people say there is no story behind it and that people just started doing it for fun. But it definitely sparked my imagination and trickled into the story of Deadline.

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Do You know the story behind the 
Crosslands Road shoe tree? Are there any interesting things like this in your community?
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Leslie Houl
6/22/2015 12:36:34 pm

The is a few shoe trees in bc as well and also around the world why people do it is a mystery to me as well kinda like love locks on bridges maybe people do it to leave a piece of themselfs there. its a nice tree though

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Lacey Goersch
3/18/2016 08:25:21 am

Passed this tree 284637 times going into wasaga. It's horricficly beautiful. It will be the place I can come and talk to my dad. Will be throwing his shoes up there tomorrow. R.I.P
Daddy.

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Jordan Shoe Tree link
5/14/2018 10:13:48 pm

nice post

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