▁not ▁known . ▁ ▁His ▁fate ▁remains ▁unknown . ▁ ▁Post - f elling ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 7 7 ▁a ▁group ▁of ▁botan ists ▁from ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁British ▁Columbia ▁( U BC ) ▁visited ▁Ha ida ▁G w ai i ▁to ▁take ▁c utt ings ▁of ▁Ki id k ' ya as . ▁These ▁c utt ings ▁were ▁gra ft ed ▁onto ▁ordinary ▁Sit ka ▁spr uce , ▁resulting ▁in ▁two ▁golden ▁sap lings . ▁The ▁trees ▁were ▁grown ▁in ▁the ▁U BC ▁Botan ical ▁Garden ▁and ▁Centre ▁for ▁Plant ▁Research . ▁ ▁Upon ▁hearing ▁of ▁the ▁tree ' s ▁destruction ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 7 , ▁the ▁ar bor et um ▁offered ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁two ▁young ▁trees ▁to ▁replace ▁Ki id k ' ya as . ▁However , ▁the ▁sap ling ▁died ▁in ▁storage ▁before ▁it ▁could ▁be ▁transport ed ▁to ▁Ha ida ▁G w ai i . ▁ ▁The ▁second ▁sap ling ▁surv ives ▁at ▁U BC . ▁ ▁After ▁Ki id k ' ya as ' ▁f elling , ▁attempts ▁were ▁made ▁to ▁propag ate ▁a ▁further ▁ 8 0 ▁c utt ings ▁( with ▁the ▁permission ▁of ▁the ▁Ha ida ▁people ) ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁increase ▁the ▁ch ances ▁of ▁a ▁successful ▁off spring ▁surv iving . ▁ ▁The ▁only ▁wood ▁har v ested ▁from ▁the ▁tree ▁was ▁used ▁by ▁Nova ▁Scot ia ▁l uth ier ▁George ▁R iz s any i ▁and ▁broad c aster ▁J owi ▁Taylor ▁as ▁part ▁of ▁Six ▁String