Stanley Park’s Hollow Tree
One of Vancouver’s much loved landmarks, the Hollow Tree in Stanley Park, is about to be cut down.
The city’s parks board voted to take down the 1,000 year old Stanley Park stump know as the Hollow Tree.
Park staff had advised that the recent storm damage had fractured the remains of the old red cedar, and that it now posed a danger to locals and tourists that visited the old cedar tree for photos.
Over the years the Hollow Tree, which died years ago, has become somewhat of a icon for Vancouver-ites and h
undreds of tourist flock to it yearly for photos and to see the much talked about Stanley Park tree.
The Hollow Tree is to be cut down, its halves laid out for public display, and a single red cedar is to be planted as a memorial in the ring left behind!
Photo Credit – sldunlop
3 Comments
They’re cutting down the Hollow Tree? Nooooo! I have fun memories of that tree.
I grew up in Vancouver (Richmond really), but now I live so far away in Jerusalem, Israel. Has it been cut already? Do you know if it’ll still be there when I visit the old country in a couple weeks?
-Gilan of The Beatles Invasion
Gilan,
Hello, and thank you for the comment. I have been trying to find out when the tree is to be cut down, but so far there is nothing being published. I am thinking there will be no announcement for when it will be done. If I hear anything I will let you know.
Ken
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