Vancouver Island Wood?

I don't know Victoria well, but arbutus is one of the woods found in the area. This ad is for arbutus firewood, so you may be able to get some interesting pieces...

I picked up some wood here a few years ago. Might be worth a try

Surely Reed, they have this :-))) (see below), and you can't get that in Oregon.

drive north to Souk and look around

Read Madrone....

Bob, don't bother, between the exchange rate, that all the native wood there is the same as at home and border restrictions... like you can't take wood with any bark on it EITHER way across the border. Most inspectors just don't allow any fire wood (which is what they would call it) period. Plus the US as tarifs on importing wood (see the disputes between the US and Canada on this matter)

positive, but I don't think they have anything that you can't

is there yew wood in oregon? i got a peice from a log broker in vancouver years ago e said it came from the island.

Yes, but it is hard to come by anything of size, or that is clear. Other than when it was being harvested for its bark (for taxol for cancer treatment) it has been considered a wood with little comercial value. Heavy sigh!!!!! It is beautiful and is wonderful to work with. robo hippy

Hi Reed

This is what I have to go with it, and Yes I have seen pictures of some large burls that got posted now and then over the years.

These are very big

There are two burls there apparently, smaller one is 45 feet circumference, and the newer bigger one is over 60 feet in circumference.

See the two Largest Burls in the World in Port McNeill. The first burl to be called the world's biggest burl was cut from the base of a 351- year-old Sitka Spruce tree in 1976. The burl weighs an estimated 22 tons and measures 45 feet in circumference. The new contender for the title was carved off a tall Sitka Spruce tree near Holberg on northern Vancouver Island in winter 2005. At 6 metres tall, 6 metres in diameter, and weighing an estimated 30 tons, the burl is located in a waterfront park next to downtown Port McNeill. Burls are naturally occurring abnormal formations that develop when extra cells grow on a tree. Small burls are used to make attractive table tops and clocks.

positive, but I don't think they have anything that you can't

positive, but I don't think they have anything that you can't

Is that thing, by any chance, chained down? :-)

Bill

Why you want to put in your pick-up truck ?????? ;-)))))

They wouldn't let you back into the country anyway, HA

Have fun and take care Leo Van Der Loo

Leo, That's why I don't leave the country.

Oh, wait a second, did you mean they wouldn't let me back with the wood ... or just not let me back at all?

;-)

Bill