85 Year Old Tree

Walking along the canal I looked for a good way to represent the 85 year old forest that has overtaken the old canal since the great flood of 1924 ended its service. I think this tree says it best. If one could count the rings it could be verified, but just visually it appears as big as any tree in its girth that I have observed here. It appears to be an old oak with its rugged bark. I wonder about how it curved outward from the canal to the tow path and what might have caused such
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