Odd trees

Favorite tree

Discovered this monstrosity just downstream from Lower Johnson Falls.

Western shore of Niki Lake.

quote TuscaroraBorealis: " Discovered this monstrosity just downstream from Lower Johnson Falls."

I will be looking for this tree in September, thanks for the heads up.

quote Savage Voyageur: "

quote TuscaroraBorealis: " Discovered this monstrosity just downstream from Lower Johnson Falls."

I will be looking for this tree in September, thanks for the heads up. "

Easily one of the most awe inspiring things I've run across in canoe country.

Another photo, June 2015.

.....and yet another. August 2015.


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Thanks TB for showing me where this was. It was a mammoth Cedar tree. It would take 2 people to join hands around this big guy. I'm a tree hugger now.

quote TuscaroraBorealis: " Discovered this monstrosity just downstream from Lower Johnson Falls."

Wow. One this size blew down in the 1999 storm and was cut off with a chainsaw while it was allowed. I counted an average section of the rings and multiplied to estimate the age at 400 years.

Seeing that one is now on my bucket list.

quote Savage Voyageur: "Thanks TB for showing me where this was. It was a mammoth Cedar tree. It would take 2 people to join hands around this big guy. I'm a tree hugger now. "

Your welcome. It was my pleasure.

Trees and the woods they create are an essential element for BWCA enjoyment for me.

I know fire is a natural phenomena and is a positive ecological force in the boreal forests, but my time as a firefighter when I was in college allowed enough exposure to burned areas that I can say I don't choose to see them if I can avoid it.

Here's a couple that can be found on the island campsite #288 on Cummings lake.

Another tree thread

Somewhere along the Sebeka - Ross portage trail.

Another favorite tree thread

found on Pickerel lake, Quetico park

French Lake (BWCAW) cedar tree.

Big trees on portages

More favorite trees

South shore of South Lake (by Topper lake)

Cherokee campsite #894

Cherokee campsite #899