Outside the Blockhouse

ID: 574 ~ Source: https://www.nps.gov/sajh/learn/nature/bigleaf-maples-of-english-camp.htm ~ Creator: The National Park Service

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The Bigleaf Maples outside the Royal Marine Barracks are long favorite tourist spots. The two trees even make an appearance in the 18-minute film that played at the Washington State Pavilion during the 1974 World Fair Expo in Spokane.

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The Big Leaf Maple – Third Largest Big Leaf Maple Tree

By Devrick Barnett

Big Leaf Maple trees (Acer macrophyllum) are some of the oldest living organisms on the San Juan Islands, living to be well over two hundred years old. The English Camp Big Leaf Maples were standing on the Island long before the camp was built,…