On Thurs. Dec. 14, 2006, winds >95km/h from the Strait of Juan de Fuca caused an extra-tropical cyclone to topple many trees in Stanley Park. Many trees have fallen due to a domino wind effect clearing way for previously unhandled wind tunnels.

Stanley park will never be the same. This is part of a cyclical evolution of the ecosystem. Trees grow taller to compete for light, but the taller a tree is, the more unstable it is. Previous logging activity in the 1860’s had left the park with some of the weaker trees.