Grant's Canal-- a Civil War engineering relic-- is a major attraction in the small park accross from the Byerly House and Visitors Center bordering the lake in Lake Providence. Now another attraction, the fine old cypress just off Hwy 65, includes an identified Louisiana Purchase Cypress Legacy Tree--"alive in 1803". We have estimated the age of the tree at about 250 years.
Here are the statistics on this tree
GPS coordinates N32.48.422 W91.10.493
Circumference: 17 feet (measured 6 feet above base); Diameter: 5.4 feet; Radius: 2.4 ft.
Core sample: 14.75 inches (46% of radius) Rings counted on Core Sample: approx 117
Extropolated age of tree: 254 years
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