World's Largest Tree Crusher

MacKenzie, B.C.

In 1964, this was built in Texas and shipped to what we become MacKenzie. After being assembled, it was used for six months in 1965 to clear over 2700 acres of trees for what would become the town of MacKenzie (inc. 1966), along Williston Lake - the largest man-made lake (by earthen dam) in the world.

That's Marshall's van in the foreground. The machine sits in "Tree Crusher Park."

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