Duncan Cedar
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The Duncan Cedar, also known as the Duncan Memorial Cedar and the Nolan Creek Tree, is a large specimen of Western red cedar. The tree is located on the Olympic Peninsula in the U.S. state of Washington. It is currently the largest known Western redcedar in the world, (compare to the Cheewhat Giant
on Canada's Vancouver Island. After the death in 2016 of the Quinault Big Cedar, the Duncan Cedar became the largest known Western redcedar in the United States by volume. It is also the largest tree of any species in Washington state, and among the largest trees on earth outside of California's remaining old-growth Redwood forests. The Duncan Cedar is located in Jefferson County, approximately 15 miles south of Forks, WA, off of U.S. Route 101 on land managed by the Washington State Department of Natural Resources and is accessible only by traveling about 4 miles on unpaved logging roads. (Personally visited 25-May-2023). The tree is surrounded by second growth forest that has grown up after the original old-growth rainforest in this area was clearcut by commercial logging interests in the mid-20th century. The tree was discovered by Wiley and Ed Duncan, Rayonier Co. loggers when they were...
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