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Red Creek Fir
Red Creek Fir with a woman standing at its base
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SpeciesDouglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii)
LocationVancouver Island
British Columbia, Canada
Coordinates48°34′46″N 124°13′15″W / 48.57939°N 124.22080°W / 48.57939; -124.22080
Height73.8 m (242 ft)
Diameter4.2 m (14 ft)
Volume of trunk349 m3 (12,300 cu ft)[1]
Date seeded~1000 CE

The Red Creek Fir is a large Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) tree located in the San Juan Valley of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. By volume, it is the largest known Douglas fir tree on Earth.[2][3]

  1. ^ Earle, Christopher J. "Pseudotsuga menziesii subsp. menziesii". Gymnosperm Database. Retrieved 2017-12-29.
  2. ^ Menary, David (1997). Great Trees of Canada. Blue River Press. p. 18. ISBN 978-1-312-24814-4.
  3. ^ Clarke, Brennan (2010-08-31), "Logging threatens largest Douglas fir on earth, activists say", Globe and Mail, retrieved 2016-07-23

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