The state park might have put it there.

Look for a graft near the base. If none is present take cuttings and think of a clever name involving hawks diving from the sky or something

Check with Joe Braeu at Edelweiss Nursery in Duluth. He scours the countryside looking for plants to graft and he may know its history.

tj

If you think about it, it would have been cool , had this plant been natural,,,spending it's youth growing vertical,then weeping,,,,,NO STAKING
my friend's wife reminded him , they were in enger park,,,a semi-cultivated area,,,,,,maybe he was drunk,,haha

tj,,,,I emailed Edelweiss,,,they said P. abies not natural to area
ron