Towering near-record Sitka spruce located near Port Renfrew

Towering near-record Sitka spruce located near Port Renfrew
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Nathaniel Glickman , Ken Wu, and TJ Watt, from left to right, measure an ancient Sitka spruce tree in the unprotected FernGully Grove near Port Renfrew. At 11 ft in diameter, the tree appears to be within the top 10 widest known spruce trees in BC according to the BC Big Tree Registry. Photo courtesy TJ Watt.

Nathaniel Glickman, Ken Wu, and TJ Watt, from left to right, measure an ancient Sitka spruce tree in the unprotected FernGully Grove near Port Renfrew. At 11 ft in diameter, the tree appears to be within the top 10 widest known spruce trees in BC according to the BC Big Tree Registry. Photo courtesy TJ Watt.

Port Renfrew is billed as Canada’s Tall Tree Capital, and the latest find is helping to enforce the nickname.

The Ancient Forest Alliance (AFA) says they located an 11-foot diameter Sitka spruce tree that is the tenth widest Sitka spruce in Canada, according to the BC Big Tree Registry.

AFA says they found the massive tree in one of the last unprotected stands of old-growth Sitka spruce groves on Vancouver Island, nicknamed FernGully Grove, near Port Renfrew.

Sun shines through the moss and ferns in the unprotected FernGully Grove near Port Renfrew. Photo courtesy TJ Watt.

Sun shines through the moss and ferns in the unprotected FernGully Grove near Port Renfrew. Photo courtesy TJ Watt.

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