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Cathedral Grove: Quick Photo Stop or Sacred Pause?

3 min readLast updated July 17, 2026Beginner levelVancouver IslandOfficial-source checked

Eight-hundred-year-old firs against the highway, a 76-metre Big Tree, and a parking lot that tests everyone: how to do the easiest old-growth stop properly.

Cathedral Grove: Quick Photo Stop or Sacred Pause?

Eight-hundred-year-old firs against the highway, a 76-metre Big Tree, and a parking lot that tests everyone: how to do the easiest old-growth stop properly.

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