Giant logged long ago but not forgotten (2011)

But this tree would have been unparalleled in height — six stories taller than what is widely considered the tallest “officially” recorded Douglas fir, the now-fallen “Mineral Tree” from Washington’s Wind River drainage. But Ewers points out that even a measuring error by as much as 50 feet would leave the Nooksack tree as the tallest fir ever. Standing on the riverbank there atop another dead, hulking tree — a spruce also toppled by the river, Devine looks upstream and shakes his head, trying to imagine the immensity of the giant fir.

Source: www.seattletimes.com