Hey all, thanks to Three grrr I found out this special tree is an American Chestnut. I don't know the history of this one or how it end up here on Orcas island on the west coast. But it's been here for the twenty years that I've lived here and is the only one I've seen. It lives on Lummi Tribe land, and is a very beautiful tree as you can see. The American Chestnut (Castanea dentata) is a large, deciduous tree of the oak family native to eastern North America. Before the species was devastated by the chestnut blight, a fungal disease, it was one of the most important forest trees throughout its range. There are now few if any mature specimens of the tree, except where it was planted in blight-free regions distant from its original range.

Thanks for dropping in..Take care:0)bonita