Big Lonely Doug, Douglas fir tree near Port Renfrew, British Columbia
This Douglas fir stands 70.2 meters tall with a trunk diameter of 3.91 meters and a crown spread reaching 18.33 meters across the forest canopy.
Logger Dennis Cronin discovered and marked this tree for preservation in 2011, preventing its removal during the clearing of cutblock number 7190 near Gordon River Valley.
The tree received its name in 2014 when photographer T.J. Watt documented it standing alone in a cleared forest area on Vancouver Island.
Visitors can reach Big Lonely Doug by following logging roads approximately 10 kilometers north of Port Renfrew through the Gordon River Valley region.
The second-largest Douglas fir in Canada requires four logging trucks to transport an equivalent volume of wood and contains enough timber to construct five houses.
Location: British Columbia
GPS coordinates: 48.64626,-124.45063
Latest update: April 5, 2025 20:00
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