Cheewhat Giant
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SpeciesWestern redcedar (Thuja plicata)
LocationVancouver Island
British Columbia, Canada
Coordinates48°41′48″N 124°44′37″W / 48.696641°N 124.743673°W / 48.696641; -124.743673
Height55.5 m (182 ft)
Diameter6.1 m (20 ft)
Volume of trunk449 m3 (15,900 cu ft)[1][2]

Cheewhat Giant, also known as the Cheewhat Lake Cedar, is a large western red cedar (Thuja plicata) tree located within Pacific Rim National Park Reserve on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. It is the largest living Western redcedar, the largest known tree in Canada and one of the largest in the world.[3]

History

The tree was discovered in 1988 within the already established Pacific Rim National Park Reserve. It was named after nearby Cheewhat Lake.[3] With the death of the (17,650 cu ft (500 m3)) Quinault Lake Cedar in 2016,[4] the Cheewhat Lake tree became the world's largest living Western redcedar.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ Earle, Christopher J. "Thuja plicata". Gymnosperm Database.
  2. ^ a b Van Pelt, Robert (2001). Forest Giants of the Pacific Coast. Global Forest Society and University of Washington Press. ISBN 0-295-98140-7.
  3. ^ a b "Canada's Largest Tree - The Cheewhat Giant!". Ancient Forest Alliance. 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2020-08-15.
  4. ^ Hammock, Dan (2016-08-23). "The demise of the record-breaking Quinault Big Cedar". The Daily World. Retrieved 2020-10-10.


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