Called the North Shore Giant, the tree hidden in a remote corner of Lynn Headwaters Regional Park is said to be the fourth widest in Canada
Two large tree hunters say they have found one of the largest trees in Canada in a remote corner of the Lynn Valley in North Vancouver.
Tree researchers Colin Sprat and Ian Thomas say they have discovered an ancient western red cedar over 5.8 meters in diameter in Lynn Headwaters Regional Park, making it the fourth most widely known tree in the country. They called the tree “the giant of the north coast” and believe it is probably more than 1,000 years old.
Sprat and Thomas said they spent 10 hours in the bushes through extremely rugged and dangerous terrain on Sunday (June 19th) to reach the grove where the giant on the north coast stands.
As they approached the grove, they saw several towers protruding above the tops of other trees. It was only when they approached that they confirmed that all the towers belonged to a huge western red cedar.
“I was shocked,” Thomas told North Shore News. I shouted to Colin, “This is a tree!” Our hearts almost stopped because all these different heads were gathering in a massive trunk.
Sprat said he was frozen when he first saw the tree in all its glory.
“Blood flowed from my face,” Spratt said in a statement. “I started to feel dizzy when I realized that this is one of the largest cedars ever found and one of the most amazing life forms left on earth.
According to tree hunters, the giant on the north coast grows on the slopes west of Lynn Creek on a field of rocks among other ancient red cedars. Other massive trees are found in nearby woods, including Canada’s fifth-wide western hemlock, which the two tree hunters identified the same day they discovered the giant on the north coast.
Sprat and Thomas said the current measurement of the diameter of the giant north coast is preliminary, following the methodology of the American Forest Association’s champion tree program, which is the standard used by BC’s own official register of large trees. Tree hunters said they hoped they could bring members of the British Columbia Big Tree Committee to the site next week or two to confirm the diameter and make measurements of the height and crown for entry in the large tree register. the province.
“Finding this colossal ancient tree simply demonstrates the greatness of these old temperate rainforests,” said Thomas, a member of the Ancient Forest Alliance, a nonprofit that works to protect British Columbia’s endangered old forests and ensure a sustainable forest industry. value added, second growth. “Fortunately, this amazing creature and the impressive grove in which it stands are safe in a park. Most of our richest ancient forests are still unprotected and threatened by deforestation. Even now in Canada, in 2022, trees as old as this giant and entire groves like this are still being cut down on an industrial scale.
Sprat and Thomas did not disclose the exact location of the tree to the public and strongly discouraged people from trying to track it down on their own. For those interested in seeing something like this, the Kennedy Creek Cedar is located along the Kennedy Falls Trail, an intermediate five-hour hike on the eastern side of Mount Frome.
Canada’s largest registered tree, the Cheewat Giant, is also much more affordable than the giant North Shore. Another western red cedar, it is located near Lake Cheewat in western Vancouver Island, between Port Renfrew and Banfield.
The Cheewat giant is more than six meters in diameter and more than 56 meters high.
There is still no official height measurement for the giant on the north coast.
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