@ZigNay@Adam_Stirling@langfordvoters 1823 is a good 20 years before Fort Victoria and white settlement. Most area sequoias were sold at Layritz nursery around 1900-1915. The oldest local sequoia on Moss St was a gift from California planted 1854.
@Adam_Stirling@langfordvoters Clearly not students of history. The tree can’t be 200 years old as all Sequoia trees were planted here, most of which were purchased at the Layritz nursery in Saanich. As their estimate pre-dates even Fort Victoria by 20 years they are over indulging at 200 years!
@CstGWalker@CityOfVictoria Took this pic a couple of summers ago on Cook St at Pandora. The old rail lines were barely an inch under the asphalt. Remnant of the line running to Fernwood.