Vancouver Island Big Trees

Bark of an ancient Avatar Grove Cedar Less than 100 km, as the eagle flies, from Sooke lives Canada's largest known tree, the Che...

Not so long ago, the Pacific coast was the Land of Humongous Ancient Trees, from the Queen Charlotte Islands to California. They were among ...

In December 2004 Linda and I came to Sooke to experience life in the rainforest . We had been to Sooke several times over the years, alwa...

Few major urban centres anywhere enjoy the easy access Victoria, BC has to an old growth forest area, let alone a protected one. The city is...

The big trees of Vancouver Island (and the world) need friends now like never before. On southern Vancouver Island the majority of original ...

Another semi-permanent feature of Billing Spit is this large chunk of tree left over after logging sometime in the distant past. More than l...

The Billings Spit area of Sooke is a good place to see big old trees, as well as large drift logs on the beach. The log above is up the bea...

I am not a tree expert. I am a tree lover. This could be a result of being born on the prairies. I grew up in a knee-high ecosystem of endle...

A bike ride from home into Sooke along highway 14 is not a wilderness experience like biking through the Sooke Hills, but big trees are to b...

Living on the west coast of Vancouver Island we are frequently asked about where to find the big trees this sodden land is famous for. The s...