Big Lonely Doug is a large
Coast Douglas-fir (
Pseudotsuga menziesii) tree located in the
Gordon River Valley of
Vancouver Island in
British Columbia,
Canada. It is the
second largest Douglas-fir tree in Canada after the
Red Creek Fir in nearby
San Juan Valley.
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History
The tree was seeded sometime around 1000 CE.[
In 2011, logger Dennis Cronin discovered the enormous tree while surveying a patch of forest that was to be logged for timber. He wrapped green ribbon around the tree with the words "Leave Tree" repeated along the ribbon, saving it from being felled. In 2014, photographer and activist T.J. Watt happened upon the tree and named it "Big Lonely Doug", a play on the tree's species name and its relative isolation amid the clearcut. The tree has since become a symbol of nature conservation in Canada,]
Dimensions
These measurements were made by forest ecologist Andy MacKinnon on behalf of the Ancient Forest Alliance
The Ancient Forest Alliance is a grassroots environmental organization in British Columbia, Canada. It was founded in January 2010, and is dedicated to protecting British Columbia's old growth forests in areas where they are scarce, and ensuring ...
and University of British Columbia on 18 April 2014. The results were published the following week on 24 April 2014.
See also
* Boole
George Boole (; 2 November 1815 – 8 December 1864) was a largely self-taught English mathematician, philosopher, and logician, most of whose short career was spent as the first professor of mathematics at Queen's College, Cork in Irel ...
- a giant sequoia whose immediate surroundings were also clearcut
* List of individual trees
The following is a list of notable trees. Trees listed here are regarded as important or specific by their historical, national, locational, natural or mythological context. The list includes actual trees located throughout the world, as well as ...
References
External links
Drone footage of Big Lonely Doug, August 2016
{{Douglas firs
Individual Douglas firs
Individual trees in British Columbia
Juan de Fuca region