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]
| Cheewhat Giant | |
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| Species | Western redcedar (Thuja plicata) |
| Location | Vancouver Island British Columbia, Canada |
| Coordinates | 48°41′48″N 124°44′37″W / 48.696641°N 124.743673°W |
| Height | 55.5 m (182 ft) |
| Diameter | 6.1 m (20 ft) |
| Volume of trunk | 449 m3 (15,900 cu ft)[1][2] |
History
editThe 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
edit- Red Creek Fir - largest Douglas-fir in the world, also located on Vancouver Island
- Duncan Cedar - largest Western redcedar in the United States, located on the Olympic Peninsula
- List of individual trees
- List of superlative trees
References
edit- ^ Earle, Christopher J. "Thuja plicata". Gymnosperm Database.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b "Canada's Largest Tree - The Cheewhat Giant!". Ancient Forest Alliance. 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2020-08-15.
- ^ Hammock, Dan (2016-08-23). "The demise of the record-breaking Quinault Big Cedar". The Daily World. Retrieved 2020-10-10.
