Canada's Most Impressive Tree - Clayoquot Sound, BC
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- Опубликовано: 25 июл 2023
- This is huge - literally! We’re thrilled to share images of what may very well be Canada’s most impressive tree. This gargantuan redcedar measures over 17 ft (5 m) wide near its base and 151 ft (46 m) tall. However, unlike most other trees, its trunk gets wider going upwards, culminating in a sprawling fortress-like crown of wooden spires akin to a massive wooden wall of an ancient castle.
This giant could possibly have the largest or near largest timber volume of any tree in Canada for about the first 50 feet of its trunk - the part you see and experience from the ground. This would make it, experientially, perhaps the most impressive tree in Canada, despite other cedars being taller or ranking higher overall.
It grows in a remote region of Flores Island in Ahousaht territory in Clayoquot Sound, BC, and has so far garnered the nickname ‘The Wall’, or ‘ʔiiḥaq ḥumiis’, meaning ‘big redcedar’ in the Nuu-chah-nulth language. The exact location has been asked to be kept private at this time.
AFA Photographer & Campaigner and National Geographic & Royal Canadian Geographical Society Explorer, TJ Watt, first located and photographed the tree in 2022 with his friend Nathaniel Glickman before returning in the spring of 2023 with Tyson Atleo, Hereditary Representative of the Ahousaht Nation and the Natural Climate Solutions Program Director of Nature United, and members of the Maaqutusiis Hahoutlhee Stewardship Society (MHSS).
Thankfully, the incredible Land Use Vision from the Ahousaht Nation, currently in the late stages of negotiations with the BC government, calls for the protection of 80% of Ahousaht territory, including the ancient forest where this tree is found. This would happen through the creation of new Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas (IPCAs) to be legislated as Provincial Conservancies by the province.
The BC government must fully fund and support Indigenous-led protection of old-growth across BC, including in the remaining monumental old-growth stands and those identified as most at risk by the province’s science panel, the Technical Advisory Panel.
AFA commends the Ahousaht Nation for continuing to be such incredible stewards of their lands, which thankfully still harbour some of the most magnificent ancient forests, trees, and wildlife on Earth.
When visiting Ahousaht territory, visitors are encouraged to participate in their voluntary Stewardship Fee. Revenues from the Stewardship Fee directly fund the MHSS Stewardship Guardian Program which works on restoration, monitoring, infrastructure maintenance, and visitor engagement for the Ahousaht. Stewardship Fees can be paid online or at their office at 9-368 Main Street in Tofino. Also be sure to check out Ahous Adventures: ahousadventures.com/
Thank you to the Trebek Initiative for helping make this expedition work possible.
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You guys are the unsung heroes of the old growth forest in BC. Thank you for your work
What an incredible find. So fascinating, thank you for the video!
Western reds are so unique, never boring, that's for sure. Thank you for sharing this new find.
I'm feel so humbled just watching this. I can't imagine the emotions and energy you would feel standing next to this. God's creations are so magnificent. Thank you for the care and effort you put into saving these beautiful old forest. There is so much to be learned from them. Blessings and prayers to these hardworking people.
Wow. Thanks for posting this beaut. Hopefully, it'll be left alone to grow for another thousand years to come.
Absolutely incredible!!!
Awesome find! Great video as always, keep up the good work! :D
Thats amazing. What a lifeforce!
I was blessed to see the majestic old growth in Fairy 🧚♀️ Creek ❤ Protect our beautiful trees 🌳
Awesome!
Its stirring to now know that this single tree has been standing at this site for such a long period of time without any human eyes touching it. Amazing 'discovery' which will remain off any maps.
I'm just gonna state the obvious. Just because it's the first time it's been filmed or otherwise brought to the public does not mean it's the first time it's been seen.
A lovely old tree. It looks as though it had a major trauma many many years ago , but survived albeit disfigured. Or is this how they grow naturaly?
I would like to know as well... Alliance, any reply would be awesome 😊
These ancient cedars can grow in very strange and interesting ways! No two are alive. This tree's unique shapes and burls would be as a result of its genetics and the environmental factors its faced over the 1000+ years it's been alive. It's like a living work of art!
Thank you for this video, I'm appalled that humans ever felt like it was right to cut down these majestic, ancient, living things.
I hope people keep discovering Flores island because there has to be many undiscovered giants
no we need to leave that place alone, no tourist, don't need to discover, conquer and exploit. We've been doing this for too long already.
Protect this tree!
Great timber volume, that is so sad, that is not timber, that is wood and it's alive and well. No need to treat it like timber like or wooden table top...Leave it alone where it belong that's all.