Vancouver Island Big Trees

My first visit to Carmanah Walbran Provincial Park was summer of 2006. It was a slow, rough drive into the heart of Vancouver Island's...

When I taught grade six science my favorite unit to teach was Trees and Forests which was all about the importance of forest eco-systems. Wh...

Here in big tree country it takes big ladders and a small army of elves not afraid of heights to get ready for the holidays. Look up, way up...

At the end of scenic Sooke River Road the intrepid big tree adventurer will find not one, but two parks that offer dendro-vistas galore. Eve...

I have passed by the fat, ancient, and soaring hulks of the Douglas fir trees on the Royal Roads lands at the top of Lagoon Road many times....

The Western Canada Wilderness Committee was formed in the 1980s, and has been working ever since toward preserving what little is left of Va...

I was touring one of my favourite big tree haunts recently when I spotted thissssss beautifully patterned forest resident. It reminded me th...

It was not trees that initially motivated me to slide my canoe into Sooke Basin, west of Victoria, B.C. It was salmon . A variety of salmon ...

British Columbia holds record breaking trees, both in the books, and out in the forest waiting to be discovered. In order to increase awaren...

A magnificent hardwood species is mixed among the monumental softwoods of the Pacific forest. The Big leaf maple (Acer macrophyllum) is a c...