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The reason for the name ‘Cathedral Grove’ becomes immediately obvious only a few minutes into visiting. Soaring towards the sky, these huge trees form their own beautiful cathedral of nature.
Featuring a magnificent temperate rainforest with enormous 800 year old trees, a carpet of ferns and draping moss, Cathedral Grove is an essential stop on any Vancouver Island road trip.
Officially known as MacMillan Provincial Park, the trees in Cathedral Grove are amongst the oldest and tallest in Canada.
It’s a humbling experience to stand next to these incredibly tall and gnarled tree trunks, some as wide as a car. The tree canopy is up to 80 metres high in places, with the sky a distant proposition. As you walk through the forest, beams of sunlight filter through the branches above, illuminating so many layers of green.
MacMillan Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada. May 2022.
Eagle-Eye Tours - Ultimate British Columbia.
Short-eared Owl at Nanaimo Estuary today afternoon light.
Yes, my first owl finally. Cropped and hight ASA.
It would be great to have a 600mm lenses (I am already saving.. . mmhhh, maybe next year when the DO version arrives :)
The reason for the name ‘Cathedral Grove’ becomes immediately obvious only a few minutes into visiting. Soaring towards the sky, these huge trees form their own beautiful cathedral of nature.
Featuring a magnificent temperate rainforest with enormous 800 year old trees, a carpet of ferns and draping moss, Cathedral Grove is an essential stop on any Vancouver Island road trip.
Officially known as MacMillan Provincial Park, the trees in Cathedral Grove are amongst the oldest and tallest in Canada.
It’s a humbling experience to stand next to these incredibly tall and gnarled tree trunks, some as wide as a car. The tree canopy is up to 80 metres high in places, with the sky a distant proposition. As you walk through the forest, beams of sunlight filter through the branches above, illuminating so many layers of green.
This incredible forest filled with Douglas fir, Western Hemlock, Grand fir and Western Red Cedar trees is the most easily accessible grove of old growth on Vancouver Island. (offtracktravel.ca)
MacMillan Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada. May 2022.
Eagle-Eye Tours Ultimate British Columbia.
I don't know for sure but sense is that our numbers are down. This female surf scoter came in to join a couple of males.
I spent an afternoon on a speedboat with my cousin while in Coal Harbour. While cruising around we accidentally saw this beautiful waterfall crashing straight into the sea. It was hard to take this photo as the boat was rocking pretty bad when we stopped. Happy find.
The long cloud leading towards the building caught my eye. The reflection helps balance the image a little but I'm still a little confused on how I should perhaps crop this.
Looking Close on Friday theme: Food with Layers
I make these every year for my daughter at Christmas.
Thank you everyone for your kind comments and favs. All are greatly appreciated. HLCOF
The Departure Bay Ferry Terminal. This immediately astern of the ferry as we leave the terminal bound for Vancouver, about 50km away.
That is the ferry terminal and the turbulence thrown kicked up by the propellers of the ship. The ferry is about 460 feet long (~140m). This is a BC Ferries C Class ship/ferry. There are two larger classes (as well as many smaller classes), the Super C or Coastal Class which are 160m/525 feet long (and the largest double ended RORO ferries in the world) and the Spirit or S Class which are 168m/550 feet long. Spirit Class are not double ended.