Old Growth Timber

[Black_Fly]

"The wood we use in our [products] is called "old growth" timber, which grew over 300 years ago in a pristine environment."

What the hell kind of wood is this? Is someone harvesting 300 year old trees in Ottawa? Are relic bog trees being dug up? Are old pioneer barns being scavenged? I'm thinking it's BS.

 

[Rubbaboo]

What product are you referring to? I’d guess it’s a matter of fact.
As far as I know there are a couple ways this old growth wood is obtained.
They Ottawa River and surrounding rivers and lakes have tons of old growth timber in them. There is an industry of reclaiming this wood that has been sitting for decades preserved in the water.
As well, there is still areas of old growth that are being selectively harvested. A few years ago I was lucky enough to plant trees in the north east part of Algonquin PP. The cuts were selective and had corridor scarification. They took a about half of the viable timber in the cut blocks. It was amazing planting under and around the massive old growth white pines they left for seed trees.

Cheers
Rubby

 

[recped]

I'm actually in the market for a pair of bookshelf speakers!

https://www.riverwoodacoustics.com/


A Forgotten Treasure

Beginning in the booming 1800s, Ottawa waterways were used to transport countless fresh-cut timber from forests to sawmills. Many of these old-growth logs were so dense that they sank along their voyage. Long forgotten, this “Riverwood” has been perfectly preserved at the bottom of the mighty Ottawa River for well over a century.


Reclaiming Resources

Riverwood Acoustics employs local eco-divers to retrieve this lost treasure from the depths of the Ottawa River. Responsibly sourcing our wood reduces our impact on deforestation today while honoring our history and contributing to our local economy using green thinking. We are the proud recipient of the Ottawa Network's 2018 Bootstrap Green Award.


Apparently they are using reclaimed birch and while nice looking, a little out of my price range!

 

[frozentripper]

Blackfly,

Is someone harvesting 300 year old trees in Ottawa?

Maybe not Ottawa, but nearby there's still old growth being cut in Algonquin park. Most of the big old white pines were cut over a hundred years ago, but there still are sugar maple, yellow birch and hemlock stands with old trees. Read about it at ancientforest.org ... maps and brief site descriptions are included.

Old growth stands near canoe routes will also be shown on Jeff's new APP map whenever it appears... hopefully it will anyway, been a long time since we were getting the info for it.

 

[yellowcanoe]

Sure there is old growth sunk in water here in Maine too. Not all the logs from logging drive made it down the river . Some are on the bottom. Timbers from sunken schooners are also being retrieved for their wood for furniture

 

[Guest]

There are still “old growth” trees being harvested that were simply too difficult to access or retrieve with the then current methods.

I have seen helicopters lifting large sections of (what I presume to be old growth) timber even in NW Pennsylvania. That can’t be cheap, and the wood must be valuable.

I wish Ed K was on this board; for years he worked as a timber surveyor and still works in that industry.

Where is Forester Ppine?

 

[Black_Fly]

I love standing old growth. Wish there was more around. The forests around here are mere shadows of what was. Some species that were dominate don't even exist anymore.