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Published 10:16 am Friday, October 25, 2013

Paige Bouma and Julia Jakubik and their big leaf.
Paige Bouma and Julia Jakubik and their big leaf.

Good friends Paige Bouma and Julia Jakubik found this Bigleaf Maple leaf on Oct. 9, 2013 on Springwood Ave NE.

The two 11-year-olds measured the leaf and found it was 23 inches long from bottom of stem to tip of leaf.

According to the Guinness Book of World Records (online) the largest Bigleaf Maple leaf measured only 20.55 inches.