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Len Van Roon Sr. on his property at 1018 Charleswood Road, between Rannock and Wilkes. Charleswood man has effort to save a centuries-old oak forest from a developer’s axe has put his children’s inheritance at risk. Len Van Roon’s home sits on an 8-acre parcel of land next to a major new development in south Charleswood. But when a developer agreed to relocate a proposed street from beside’s Van Roon’s property to save the oak trees, it also meant that Van Roon would be unable to tie his land into the new development- See Aldo Santon story- Feb 21, 2014 (JOE BRYKSA / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS)