Notable Specimens
The "Quinault Lake Redcedar" is the largest known specimen in the world with a wood volume of 500 cubic metres (17,700 cu ft). It is located near the northwest shore of Lake Quinault north of Aberdeen, Washington, about 34 km from the Pacific Ocean. It is 55 m tall with a diameter of 6.04 m By way of comparison, the largest known tree, a Giant Sequoia named "General Sherman", has a volume of 1,480 cubic metres (52,300 cu ft).
The second largest is the Cheewhat Lake Cedar, in the West Coast Vancouver Island-Pacific Rim National Park, at 449 cubic meters, and then the Kalaloch Cedar in the Olympic National Park, at 350 cubic meters.
A redcedar over 71m tall, 4.5m in diameter and over 700 years old stood in Cathedral Grove on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, before it was set on fire and destroyed by vandals in 1972. That tree now lies in "Giant's Grave", a self dug grave created by the force of its own impact.
A giant stump of a Western Redcedar tree is on display outside of the Tree House exhibit at the Jardin botanique de Montréal in Quebec, Canada. Visitors are welcome to pose next to it for dramatic photographs showing the tree's giant scale.
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