That's One Big Tree**McNutts Island** Traditional Cache
That's One Big Tree**McNutts Island**
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The cache is located at the site of the ancient birches.
Cache is a micro. You will need a writing stick. Please replace as found. Enjoy.
McNutts island contains a stand of yellow birch trees that are centuries old. The NS Government has identified one of the trees as the largest and oldest Yellow Birch tree in the province. Though not terribly high the ancient tree is 71 ½ feet in diameter and is 150 years old. The top of the main trunk has been blown off by the wind, yet a new crown of silvery growth, grows on. The bark is no longer a warm silvery gray on the rope-like trunk, yet it supports various lichen and mosses, giving the impression of a patchwork quilt.
Several of these ancient trees have been given 'proper' names - The Two Bum Tree, two 3 1/2 foot high burls make up the trunk, it's completely hollow on the north side; The Haunted Tree, has a gnarled arm that make the natural cavities resemble eyes and its mouth is an open scream. Some trees have succumbed to Mother Nature, their bones lay like giant whales beached among the mosses.
Welcome to McNutts Island. McNutt's Island is located at the mouth of Shelburne Harbour. Its history goes back to the arrival of the Loyalists, when Alexander McNutt brought a group of settlers to his New Jerusalem. Settled sporadically since then, it enjoyed a thriving community in the 1920’s, complete with cannery, dance hall, schoolhouse and, for a short time, a hotel. Today the island is a collection of camps. Enjoy your day exploring the many delights and mysteries of McNutts. Please respect the islands residents and follow CITO.
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