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Etymology

Mt. Magdiwata is the nature lovers, adventurers and Mountain enthusiast alike will certainly love Mt. Magdiwata. A lushfull virgin forest, with 14 series of water falls one can enjoy after another, the beautiful and endemic flora & fauna, the natural swimming holes and cold springs and also the biggest Bagrass tree can be found only here. . At almost sunset, Mt. Magdiwata has the semblance of a pregnant woman and during midnight looks like a crocodile eager to catch a prey. Mt. Magdiwata is sacred among the Manobo Tribes due to its legend and belief that the soul of Giant Magdiwata might punish those who cause destruction to its natural resources. The mountain is characterized by prominent ranges and the towering heights of an elevation approximately 592 meters above sea level reflect the pride of the Manobo.
     Today, this natural tropical rainforest reserve provides a life-sustaining water source for the residents of San Francisco. With the proclamation of the area as a watershed through Presidential Proclamation No. 282, Mt. Magdiwata now preserves its natural aura. The fresh mountain breeze soothes the town and its alluring forests are a sanctuary of the most endangered wildlife like the Philippine deer, monkeys and Philippine tarsiers.

Biggest To-og Tree.To-og, scientifically known as Combretodenton quadrialatum is a tree specie that thrives only in Mindanao.  In the early 1970’s, one of its species was identified and proclaimed as the biggest and most majestic tree and it was found in Barangay Alegria, San Francisco.
      This To-og Tree measures 360 centimeters in diameter, standards 65 meter and estimated to be 300 years old. (DENR - Caraga Region)
Today, To-og remains a prominent specie because kaingeros and loggers have difficulty in cutting this tree.
      In 1940, San Francisco Municipality, still a Vast forest with trees luxuriantly like giants standing majestically. The manobos only occupied small patches of lands scattered in this vast forest lands. In 1942, a super strong typhoon blew down these century trees with a diameter from 3 to 4 meters. Eight moths after a long drought the fallen trees become dry. A forest fire burnt out all the fallen tree to the ground. In  1975, PICOP agro-forestry officers like Mr. Froilan Montero,( Asst. agro-forestry), supt. & former vice mayor Teofilo Gelacio Sr. discovered one To-og tree, at alegria, San francisco, Agusan del Sur. They reported it to the forestry department of PICOP and a thorough research was made data gathering and interviews about the To-og tree. An old man named Micomedes Lagulao, alias datu sangka-on was interviewed. He was already ninety yrs. Old in 1975, he died in 1985. He told the group that this was the only To-og tree that survived the strong typhoon in 1942. it is already almost of the same size and height when he was still a little boy. This tree was fortunate because it grow at the center of a camote farm and sorounded by tall big trees. However, the sorounding big tree succumbed to the strong typhoon. This To-og tree was spared from the ravage of the forest fire for it grow about 50 to 60 meters of sumugbong river. Due to its size, wood cutter did not care to cut it down with axes alone. Few years after its discovery, a book was published financed by PICOP. The tallest To-og tree in the phils. A concrete marker was constructed and a fence at the base of the said tree.
        To-og, scientifically known as Combretodenton quadrialatum is a tree species that thrives only in Mindanao.  In the early 1970’s, one of its species was identified and proclaimed as the biggest and most majestic tree and it was found in Barangay Alegria, San Francisco.
      This To-og Tree measures 360 centimeters in diameter, standards 65 meter and estimated to be 300 years old. (DENR - Caraga Region)
      Today, To-og remains a prominent specie because kaingeros and loggers have difficulty in cutting this tree.

Mt. Magdiwata

Biggest Toog Tree