Spotlight On: Big Lonely Doug

Posted on July 17, 2019

Spotlight explores the stories behind the artists who come to Banff Centre. Author and journalist Harley Rustad joined us at the 2018 Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival to talk about his new book, Big Lonely Doug. This Spotlight video delves into the story behind the second largest Douglas Fir in Canada.

All footage courtesy TJ Watt/Ancient Forest Alliance Photo of Dennis Cronin courtesy Lorraine Cronin/House of Anansi.

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