Kiidk'yaas - Wikipedia
WEBKiidk'yaas (meaning "ancient tree" in the Haida language [1]), also known as the Golden Spruce, was a Sitka spruce tree (Picea sitchensis 'Aurea') that grew on the banks of the Yakoun River on the Haida Gwaii archipelago in British Columbia, Canada.
The Golden Spruce - Wikipedia
WEBThe book tells the story of Kiidk'yaas, or The Golden Spruce, which was a Sitka Spruce tree venerated by the Haida people. The tree itself contained a genetic mutation causing it to appear golden in color. [7] It was felled in Haida Gwaii by forest engineer Grant Hadwin. [8] [9] From Publishers Weekly:
The True Story of the Golden Spruce — Haida Tourism
WEBJan 12, 2021 · Today, the Golden Spruce Trail faithfully serves as a tribute to the enduring legend. Passing by still-standing giants and mossy enclaves, the path leads to a viewpoint over the Yakoun where visitors can view what remains of the once-magnificent tree overhanging the riverbank.
The Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth, Madness, and Greed
WEBMay 17, 2005 · The story revolves around Grant Hadwin, an expert Canadian logger turned environmentalist, and his seemingly incomprehensible and barbaric act of cutting down an old, beautiful and one of a kind mutant spruce tree with golden needles called the …
The Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth, Madness, and Greed
WEBMay 17, 2006 · In the tradition of Krakauer's Into the Wild, The Golden Spruce tells an astonishing true story of a furious man's obsessive mission against an industrial juggernaut, the struggle of the Haida people to save their world, and the mysterious golden tree that binds them all together.
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- Author: John Vaillant
Kiidk'yaas, the Golden Spruce – British Columbia, Canada ...
WEBJun 11, 2013 · Discover Kiidk'yaas, the Golden Spruce in British Columbia, Canada: This revered mutant tree was felled in an act of ecoterrorism leaving a legacy of myth and possibly murder.
Grant Hadwin - Wikipedia
WEBThomas Grant Hadwin (born October 25, 1949) was a Canadian forest engineer. In January 1997, he felled Kiidk'yaas (also known as "the Golden Spruce"), a Sitka Spruce tree located on the Haida Gwaii archipelago and considered sacred by the Haida people.
The Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth, Madness, and Greed
WEBMay 17, 2005 · A tale of obsession so fierce that a man kills the thing he loves most: the only giant golden spruce on earth. As vividly as Jon Krakauer put readers on Everest, John Vaillant takes us into the heart of North America's last great forest, where trees grow to eighteen feet in diameter, sunlight never touches the ground, and the chainsaws are ...
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- Author: John Vaillant
Killing the Golden Spruce : NPR
WEBJun 3, 2005 · The Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth, Madness, and Greed tells the story of a sacred tree, a logger-turned environmentalist and a shocking act of...
The Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth, Madness and Greed
WEBOn a winter night in 1997, a British Columbia timber scout named Grant Hadwin committed an act of shocking violence in the mythic Queen Charlotte Islands. His victim was legendary: a unique 300-year-old Sitka spruce tree, fifty metres tall and covered with luminous golden needles.
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- Author: John Vaillant
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