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Racism, Shingles, and Honey – The Complicated Modern History of Hollow Western Redcedar Trees

by Ryan Regier | Mar 4, 2025 | Blog, Plants

Stanley Park’s giant Hollow Tree used to be a world-famous landmark. Tourists and locals engaged in increasingly ridiculous behaviors of seeing just how much could fit inside of it. Many tourists and locals had a photo of them inside the tree…while inside a car. In a...
Rethinking our human-focused approach reveals Ancient Trees much older then we think in Pacific Spirit Park

Rethinking our human-focused approach reveals Ancient Trees much older then we think in Pacific Spirit Park

by Ryan Regier | Dec 17, 2024 | Blog, Plants

What is the oldest tree in Pacific Spirit Park (PSP)? We don’t know exact ages, but if you are looking for old trees, especially big old trees, you would find them on the cliff slope forests of Wreck Beach or in the Ecological Reserve along Sword Fern trail. The...

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The Pacific Spirit Park Society acknowledges that Pacific Spirit Regional Park is located on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm speaking, xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) People.

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