Delorme added that the entire bench won't be made from the Grandfather Tree's wood, but that the goal is for "at least half" of it to be. "We will have to piece everything back together," she said.

The Town of Cochrane has found a way to pay tribute to its most treasured tree. The Grandfather Tree, an estimated 300-year-old white spruce in Cochrane Ranche, was toppled by high winds during a ...