Is this an Oak tree?

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This tree got topped out when I much larger tree fell on it. I’ll cut it down and split it for firewood if it’s a decent tree for it. I think it’s some kind of oak but am not sure.
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   / Is this an Oak tree? #3  
I wouldn't know which subspecies, but it is an oak of some type. Not all oaks have that leaf shape, but I believe only oaks have that shape.
 
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I agree, white oak. I think what made me question it was the few leaves left on the tree are big, bigger than your hand.
 
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It's a white oak... without meaning no disrespect, the way I learned; Indians (or Red Men) used arrows to hunt, thus Pointy tips of the leaves were Red Oaks family; White men used bullets, which are round tips, thus rounded lobes on the ends of the leaves are of the White Oaks family.

There are so many species of oak but they are split into these two categories. White oaks have closed cells in there wood whereas Red oak are open cell. White oak is what you want to make boats out of (not Red Oak!) Red oak rots faster...
 
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I have Shingle Oaks to, which the leaves don’t look like oak leaves at all. I’m terrible at tree identification.
 

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