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back in early July of last year I went with Ellen on a wonderful week and a half kayaking trip to Isle Royale NP in Michigan.  We had perfect weather which is very unusual for us.  I had been to the park on three previous occasions but it was Ellen's first visit.  I think I can safely say it won't be our last.  I didn't expect to see any tall trees but I brought along a tape just in case I saw something fat.  We noticed two fat trees.  The first was a quaking aspen that was a couple miles or so west of where the Lake Superior to Siskiwit Lake portage trail meets Siskiwit Lake.  I didn't even have my tape with me at the time so the picture is all I have.  

Aspen 

The second tree was a white spruce and it was located on the portage trail from Wood Lake to Lake Whittlesey.  This trail is only 0.6 mile in length and the tree was just to the west of a nice northern white cedar swamp and on the north side of the trail.  This tree measured 101" in girth.  I thought it
 was a nice tree but I was still surprised that it was fatter than any white spruce than Jess had in his ENTS database.  I then checked out the Michigan Champion trees and it was just a little slimmer than the third place tree.  I'm sure there are plenty of fatter white spruces out there but it was still a nice find.

White Spruce

Doug