Which iconic conifer, reaching over 60 metres in the coastal rainforests of Vancouver Island, is the provincial tree of British Columbia?

• A Western red cedar ✓
• B Sitka spruce
• C Douglas fir
• D Western hemlock

Western red cedar (Thuja plicata) is culturally significant to Indigenous peoples of the Northwest Coast, who use its rot-resistant wood for canoes, totem poles, and longhouses.