Canada’s largest tree, widely recognized as the Cheewhat Giant, was first documented in 1988 measuring about 19 feet in diameter and 182 feet in height, according to the Ancient Forest Alliance.

FINDING THE MOTHER TREE Discovering Wisdom in the Forest By Suzanne Simard. In 1980, a 20-year-old silviculturalist hunched over a sickly young spruce planted in a clear-cut forest. She wondered ...