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Block 486

2 comments | Tuesday, December 25, 2007

Block 486 is a rare collection of ancient inland cedar trees.  They're estimated to be between 1000 and 2000 years old, and is the only known location of ancient cedars like this on the planet.

A logging company plans to log this block to make fence posts and roof shingles.

Block 486 is located on the desolate road between Prince George and McBride British Columbia.  My parents and i took the trek to this remote location, in the middle of winter, to see these ancient giants.

Snowy runways

Icy roads

Stunning mountains

Pack ice on the Fraser river

Beautiful streams

The Robson Valley mountains

Crystal blue skies

Beautiful morning colours

Giant trees


The hike into the forest


The ancient tree.  42 feet around.


Sunset

Towering giants


Marked for cutting


Marked

Moose!

Oven mitts on his head

Dusk falls


Beautiful cedar

Very cold!

Frozen on the inside of the car

Night drive home

The ancient skyline

Billions of stars overhead


If you want to know more, there's a great little documentary on it, and a few links:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NRFsExiB5A

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7ifmA64Tck&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExHW3M5GSZQ

http://www.ancientcedar.ca/

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Happy Holidays!

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It's been a while since i've blogganated. So many things have happened...  some of them are even bordering on interesting.   

What follows will not be in chronological order nor will it be in alphabetical order, bubble order, heap sort or any inverted order version.  Ultimately, there's no such thing as random, so it won't be in that order either.

The following blogs will be in Procrastionational order, which is a term i just made up, and am a little depressed to see has 774 other Google entries about it.  Well, i guess now 775, eventually.

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