{{Short description|Largest known tree in Canada}} {{Infobox tree | name = Cheewhat Giant | image = | image_size = | image_caption= | map = | map_alt = | map_size = | map_caption = | relief = | label_position= | map_image = | native_name = | native_name_lang= | species = Western redcedar | binomial = ''Thuja plicata'' | location = Vancouver Island<br/>British Columbia, Canada | height = {{convert|55.5|m|ft|abbr=on}} | girth = | diameter = {{convert|6.1|m|ft|abbr=on}} | volume = {{convert|449|m3|ft3|abbr=on}}<ref>{{cite web|work=Gymnosperm Database|url=http://www.conifers.org/cu/Thuja_plicata.php|title=Thuja plicata|first=Christopher J.|last=Earle}}</ref><ref name=vanpelt>{{cite book|last=Van Pelt|first=Robert|year=2001|title=Forest Giants of the Pacific Coast|publisher=Global Forest Society and University of Washington Press|isbn=0-295-98140-7|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/forestgiantsofpa0000vanp}}</ref> | coordinates = {{coord|48.696641|-124.743673|type:landmark_region:BC|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | seeded = | custodian = | website = <!-- {{URL|example.com}} --> }} '''Cheewhat Giant''', also known as the Cheewhat Lake Cedar, is a large western red cedar (''Thuja plicata'') tree located within Pacific Rim National Park Reserve on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. It is the largest living Western redcedar, the largest known tree in Canada and one of the largest in the world.<ref name=AFA1>{{Cite web|date=2011-07-16|title=Canada's Largest Tree - The Cheewhat Giant!|url=https://www.ancientforestalliance.org/canadas-largest-tree-the-cheewhat-giant/|access-date=2020-08-15|website=Ancient Forest Alliance|language=en-US}}</ref>
==History== The tree was discovered in 1972 within the already established Pacific Rim National Park Reserve. It was named after nearby Cheewhat Lake.<ref name=AFA1/> With the death of the ({{convert|17650|ft3|m3|abbr=on}}) Quinault Lake Cedar in 2016,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Hammock|first=Dan|date=2016-08-23|title=The demise of the record-breaking Quinault Big Cedar|url=https://www.thedailyworld.com/life/the-demise-of-the-record-breaking-quinault-big-cedar/|access-date=2020-10-10|website=The Daily World|language=en-US}}</ref> the Cheewhat Lake tree became the world's largest living Western redcedar.<ref name=vanpelt/>
==See also== * Red Creek Fir - largest Douglas-fir in the world, also located on Vancouver Island * Duncan Cedar - largest Western redcedar in the United States, located on the Olympic Peninsula * List of individual trees * List of superlative trees
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Category:Individual trees in British Columbia Category:Individual western redcedar trees
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