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Giant Cedar Stump

Giant Cedar Stump
"Relic of a Vanquished Forest"
Giant Cedar Stump is located in Washington (state)
Giant Cedar Stump
Location within Washington (state)
48°10′07.2″N 122°11′21.1″W / 48.168667°N 122.189194°W / 48.168667; -122.189194

The Giant Cedar Stump is an ancient tree turned roadside attraction in Snohomish County, Washington.[1][2][3]

Natural history

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The massive stump is the remain of an old-growth Thuja plicata giant arborvitae, known as the western redcedar.[3]

Roadside attraction

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The stump was photographed by Darius Kinsey in 1920 as part of his series on the lumber industry in the Pacific Northwest.[4]

In 1939 Crown Prince Olav and Princess Märtha of Norway drove through the stump on their way to nearby Stanwood for the dedication of a memorial to Washington's first Norwegian settlers.[2]

References

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  1. "A Seattle Camera Club Goes on a Picture Hunt". The Seattle Sunday Times Rotogravure. June 18, 1939.
  2. 1 2 Dorpat, Paul (October 27, 2016). "This tunneled tree stump in Snohomish County was an early drive-through attraction". The Seattle Times. Retrieved May 31, 2022.
  3. 1 2 Whitely, Peyton (August 6, 2003). "Rest areas: I-5 asylums". The Seattle Times. Retrieved May 31, 2022.
  4. Kinsey, Darius. "Darius Kinsey and his automobile at an arch in a red cedar stump, Washington, 1920" (1920). Kinsey Brothers Photographs of the Lumber Industry and the Pacific Northwest, ca. 1890-1945. University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections. Retrieved May 31, 2022.