Sunday (Sept. 22) is Rivers Day, and the Wilderness Committee is hosting their annual tour to the third-tallest Sitka Spruce tree in Canada to celebrate.
The nearly 300-year-old tree doesn’t have a marked trail leading to it. Annette Tanner, mid-Island chairperson for the committee, explains it is still under threat from logging.
“We haven’t been able to save the forest or purchase it from Island Timberlands,” she said.
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Starting at 1 p.m., the two-hour outing will go along the Little Qualicum River. Participants will meet for the by-donation tour at the Faye Smith Viewpoint on Old Island Highway below West Crescent Road.
For more information, call 250-751-6585.