How we work
Sustainability
We mill the dry balsam other operations walk past, and we use all of it. Every log leaves the yard as squared cants or as chips bound for a local pellet plant.
Salvage first, waste nothing
Our raw material is timber that is already past its prime for a larger mill: dry balsam, often burnt or left in the bush. Taking that wood and turning it into usable timber is the heart of what we do. It keeps fibre out of burn piles and gives the resource a second life.
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.
Where every log goes
- Cants ship to a Langley remanufacturing partner to become finished lumber.
- Rough boards go direct to local customers.
- Chips are trucked to a local pellet plant as feedstock.
Add it up and it is a hundred percent use, every time. No burn piles, no waste.
Common questions
Good to know.
What does 100% wood utilization mean?
Every log that comes through the gate leaves as either cants or chips. Nothing is burned or thrown away.
Where do the chips go?
To a local pellet plant as feedstock. It is how we use the part of the log that does not square into a cant.
Is salvaged balsam lower quality?
It is dry timber larger mills pass on, but squared and graded it makes solid, usable cants and boards. We will be straight with you about grade.
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