Red Creek Fir

48°34′46″N 124°13′15″W / 48.57939°N 124.22080°W / 48.57939; -124.22080

The Red Creek Fir is a Douglas fir tree, at least 1000 years old, standing near Port Renfrew on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. With its diameter of 4.2 (13.7 feet) meters, a circumference of 9.8 meters (32.7 feet), and a height of 73.8 meters (242 feet), it is the largest Douglas fir in the world.^[1]^[2]

Despite various attempts by the Ancient Forest Alliance, it does not yet have formal governmental protection aside from being placed on a public recreation site.^[3] A proposal exists to extend the current Pacific Rim National Park down the west coast of the island to include the Red Creek fir, as well as it being listed by Heritage BC. As of July 2016^[update], both proposals have been unsuccessful.

References

^ Menary, David (1997). Great Trees of Canada. Blue River Press. p. 18. ISBN 978-1-312-24814-4.
^ Clarke, Brennan (2010-08-31), "Logging threatens largest Douglas fir on earth, activists say", Globe and Mail, retrieved 2016-07-23
^ Lavoie, Judith (2010-02-25), "Largest Douglas fir in the world at risk say environmentalists", Times Colonist, retrieved 2016-07-23

[Menary-1] Menary, David (1997). Great Trees of Canada. Blue River Press. p. 18. ISBN 978-1-312-24814-4.

[2] Clarke, Brennan (2010-08-31), "Logging threatens largest Douglas fir on earth, activists say", Globe and Mail, retrieved 2016-07-23

[3] Lavoie, Judith (2010-02-25), "Largest Douglas fir in the world at risk say environmentalists", Times Colonist, retrieved 2016-07-23

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v t e Superlative coast Douglas firs
British Columbia	Lynn Valley Tree Red Creek Fir Big Lonely Doug
Oregon	Doerner Fir Grandma Tree
Washington	Nooksack Giant Queets Fir Lake Quinault Douglas fir Quinault Rex Sylvia Tichipawa

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