On Friday we drove from Saanich to East Sooke for some park and beach action. The regional park in East Sooke is one of the southernmost points on Vancouver Island. In one of the parking areas I looked up and saw we were surrounded by several massive maple trees. The leaves were so spectacularly large that I had to pick one. My best guess is that the leaf below is about 16 inches wide.
I can only imagine what these look like in the autumn in full color (oh wait, note to self: see the Canadian flag). I wonder how much property gets damaged each autumn when these leaves fall to the ground...