ENTS,

A couple weeks ago a friend and I set out in search of a big eastern
white pine we had heard about in the southwestern part of the province
of New Brunswick. Apparently a local publication highlighting some
interesting natural features of the province had made reference to the
tree and listed GPS coordinates and a rough girth measurement of a
little over 600cm. The girth that was listed sounded much too large to
me, but I figured it was worth checking out regardless, since I had
never heard of a white pine anywhere near this size in New Brunswick.
It took us about 90 minutes to find the area, near a town called
Blissville. I noticed as we were driving that there were a few patches
of older forest around, and lots of relatively tall pines - a good
sign. We parked at a convenient location near the road and headed into
the woods. I saw 3 or 4 pines from a distance that looked like good
candidates and we proceeded to check each one until we found the big
one. The forest was pretty thick around it, so I couldn't tell if it
was the right one until we were almost right on top of it.
I've attached a few photos. CBH was 561.6 cm (221.1 inches). This is
the largest eastern white pine that I know of in New Brunswick.

I've been actively looking for big trees of all types in New Brunswick
for about 6 or 8 months now. I know of one other rather large white
pine near my home, and I'll post some photos and measurements of that
one soon. I have yet to purchase a clinometer and rangefinder, so I
ccouldn't get any height measurements. I hope to get into that asap.

I'm not sure how to classify this tree... Is it one tree or two? It
clearly has 2 stems, and seems to split around waist height. br>

Mike