Big Lonely Doug stands a staggering sixty-six metres in height and stretches nearly four metres wide at its base - making it the second largest tree in all of Canada. With scars on his trunk from anchor cables used to haul away his surrounding brothers and sisters, Doug stands proudly in cutblock 7190. Lacking the protection against wind once provided by neighbouring giants, Doug is susceptible to punishing Pacific storms - but this isn’t the first time Doug has stood alone. In 2011 Dennis Cronin, the forestry surveyor who by chance spared this monolith, noted that Big Lonely Doug was surrounded by relatively young 150-year old hemlocks that had grown back after hurricane-force winds raced through the valley, knocking down all trees expect the true giants “He’s used to the wind, so he’s got a chance”

Here's a bit of footage shared via Instagram - don't believe I can embed it here?

Very nice photos of the old guy. That's an impressive tree, all right. You have to raise your RTH altitude around that one.

He must be getting on in age. I hope he can withstand another big wind.

I have never seen such a big tree! Thanks for sharing

Lovely images, thanks for sharing.

Go Doug!!!

Hello and good day neilfisher. Thank you for posting these amazing photos you have captured. Great work and it is nice to see you. .

Prairie Chicken Posted at 12-12 19:48
Very nice photos of the old guy. That's an impressive tree, all right. You have to raise your RTH altitude around that one.

He must be getting on in age. I hope he can withstand another big wind.

Ha... so very true. RTH altitude was set to 100 metres

Amazing shots! Thanks for sharing with us!

Thanks for sharing.

Lovely captures!

Nice shots.

Great shots, number 3 really puts it's size in perspective

Spectacular tree. Imagine when most of the trees in the world were old and majestic like this one.
Very nice shots.

Nice shots.

Very nice images, thank you for sharing. This is in BC, then?