Vancouver Island Cathedral Grove

On October 23rd, we set out for a west coast tour. The weather was cool, but mostly sunny. Our first stop was Cathedral Grove in MacMillan Provincial Park. The trees in this grove are 800 years old. One of them has a 29 foot diameter. Check out some of the photos of these majestic trees.












Cathedral Grove is a rare and endangered remnant of an ancient Douglas fir ecosystem on Vancouver Island in British Columbia (BC), Canada. The biggest trees in the Grove are about 800 years old and measure 75 m (250 ft) in height and 9 m (29 ft) in circumference. They are the survivors of a forest fire that ravaged the area some 350 years ago and the even more devastating invasion by Europeans who colonized Vancouver Island from 1849. Although spiritual in meaning, "Cathedral Grove" is a name embedded in a romantic and Eurocentric attitude toward BC nature that does not adequately acknowledge the stewardship of the indigenous peoples, First Nations, who cared for this biological treasure over 1000s of years and preserved it as a big tree heritage for all human beings