Stock photo: Boardwalk Rainforest Trail Pacific Rim National Park Vancouver Island British Columbia Canada

Stock photo of the boardwalk that winds along the Rainforest Trail between two western redcedar trees in the coastal rainforest of Pacific Rim National Park, Long Beach Unit, West Coast, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.

This stock photo shows a boardwalk winding along the Rainforest Trail between two western redcedar trees (western red cedar), Thuja plicata, in the coastal rainforest of Pacific Rim National Park, Long Beach Unit, Clayoquot Sound UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, West Coast, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Pacific Rim National Park is made up of three separate regions: Long Beach, the Broken Group Islands, and the West Coast Trail. The entire park encompasses 511 km² of land and ocean. The park is characterized by rugged coasts and lush temperate rainforests. The park is open from mid-March until mid-October. The park encompasses a thin strip of land located on the south-west coast of Vancouver Island. To the east of the park lies the Vancouver Island Ranges of the Insular Mountains and to the west is the Pacific Ocean. The western red cedar is a large tree, ranging between 55-75 m tall and 3-7m in trunk diameter. Trees growing in the open will exhibit a crown that reaches the ground, whereas trees densely spaced together will only a crown at the top, where light can reach the leaves. Some individuals can live nearly a thousand years, if not more.