Vancouver Island Big Trees

"Giants like this will not be seen again for five or ten centuries, perhaps never." Randy Stoltman, Big Trees (1987) photo: h...

While I was on the beach at the Pacheedaht campground looking at big drift wood I took a short video. It is not sharp, but you can see the b...

I love a good drive even more now since I am doing it less, keeping most of my adventures local and self-propelled. A drive well worth mak...

Western red cedar over 2000 years old at Comox Lake, Wilmer Gold Collection, 1935 "In the big woods the snow still lies two feet deep a...

Drawing by Robert Van Pelt Robert Van Pelt's book Forest Giants of the Pacific Coast is one of my favorite big tree books. The author...

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....