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The Hollow Tree is a monument to the original forest of giant trees. It is about 1,000 years old, possibly the oldest tree in Stanley Park and a link to the distant local past. Also called the "Big Tree", it survived extensive logging in Stanley Park from 1865 to 1885.
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Feb 28, 2019 · The Hollow Tree. Stanley Park Van, an unofficial guide to Stanley Park, states, the stump of the Hollow tree has a circumference of about 60 feet and of course, its signature hollow centre. Photo: History of Stanley Park Hollow Tree.
The hollow tree is about 700 to 800 years old Western red cedar that had been naturally hollowed out. This tree stamp has been popular tourist site since the opening of Stanley park in 1886. Although the tree had been dead for many years, it was badly damaged and tilted by the big storm in 2007.
History. The tree was damaged during a December 2006 windstorm and was slated for removal. In 2009, the Stanley Park Hollow Tree Conservation Society was formed and began raising money from private donors to preserve the landmark. A ceremony for the restored tree was held in October 2011.
The Hollow Tree has existed on the west side of what is now Stanley Park for approximately 1,000 years. When the city of Vancouver was created in 1886 from the tiny logging village of Granville, the first elected city council made a motion to create Stanley Park at the first city council meeting.
Hollow Tree. Located along the west side of Stanley Park Drive, the Hollow Tree has attracted visitors and dignitaries since the earliest days of Stanley Park. Today, the remaining 700- to 800 year-old stump of this Western red cedar tree is still one of the most well-known and photographed landmarks in the park.
Jul 5, 2020 · Perhaps the most famous of all the trees in Stanley Park is the Hollow Tree because “it connects us with our past,” says Shoroplova, who found generations of Vancouverites have posed in front...
