About the mill
Our Sawmill
Seaton Forest Products is a family-scale cant sawmill on Highway 16, west of Smithers in the Bulkley Valley. Since 2016 we have milled the dry balsam other mills will not touch into clean, square cants.
Where we are and what we do
We work small on purpose. Twenty-five people, one yard, and a steady rhythm of trucks in and trucks out. Every log that comes through the gate leaves as cants for finished lumber or as chips bound for a local pellet plant. A hundred percent use, every time.
We mill dry balsam: the logs left burnt or behind in the bush that larger mills will not take. Every log leaves the yard as squared cants for finished lumber or as chips bound for a local pellet plant, so nothing is wasted.
Log to lumber, step by step
- Salvage what others walk past. We work with dry balsam previously burnt or left in the bush.
- Mill into cants. Our line cuts cants in seven cross-sections from 4x4 to 12x12, squared and banded for transport.
- Ship to Langley. Most cants travel south to a remanufacturing partner where they become finished lumber.
- Chips to the pellet plant. What does not become a cant becomes chips, trucked locally. No burn piles, no waste.
Common questions
Good to know.
When did Seaton Forest Products start?
We have been milling on Highway 16 since 2016.
Is there a sawmill near me in the Bulkley Valley?
If you are in or around Smithers, Witset, or Hazelton, we are likely your closest cant sawmill. We are at 7865 BC-16 W on Highway 16.
How big is the operation?
About twenty-five people on one yard. Three out of four are First Nations, and the work stays in the communities around the mill.
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Want to know more about the mill?
Call the office or send a note. We are a small outfit and we like talking wood.