Photo: MacMillan Provincial Park British Columbia

Cathedral Grove is a tourist destination in MacMillan Provincial Park on Vancouver Island, British Columbia where people can follow the trails through old growth trees.

A massive tree stands along the trails in Cathedral Grove in MacMillan Provincial Park on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada which is hundreds of years of old. In this rainforest you can find many trees such as this one where moss grows rampantly on their bark.Some of the trunks of these old growth trees which are a mixture of Douglas Fir, Western Hemlock and Western Red Cedars, are over 9 meters around. Throughout the forest large ferns thrive and a variety of plant life encircles the ground around the base of these giants.It is a shame to hear of all the controversy that has taken place over the years about logging the area around MacMillan Provincial Park on Vancouver Island in British Columbia and the protests that still take place. Thousands of people visit Cathedral Grove on a yearly basis to wander through the trails amongst these massive trees and the more people that see them, then the chances lessen of them being taken down in the future. ... continue below the picture...

... The only thing that should be able to destroy the beauty of MacMillan Provincial Park in British Columbia, Canada is the act of mother nature. Some ferocious storms have ripped through Cathedral Grove toppling trees but that is nature's way not human error.Cathedral Grove in MacMillan Provincial Park on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, North America.