On Wed, 29 Oct 2003 01:42:59 +0000, Gould 0738 wrote:

Logs.

A few years ago, I was dong business with a couple that lived aboard a Canoe
Cove near the mouth of the Fraser River.

Just downstream from them, there was a guy who had some sort of permit to
harvest any loose logs that came floating down the Fraser. Tough life. Just
watch the river all day, and when you see a log floating by run out with a
skiff and drag it to the raft up. When a sufficient number of logs are rafted
together, sell the whole works to a lumber mill and start over. :-)

Ever seen the TV show "The Beachcombers"? Terrible acting and plots, but
Great scenery (shot in Gibsons), and the profession of "beachcomber" (one
who makes a living gathering unclaimed logs and selling them) is
legitimate, at least here in Canada. Too bad you have to be licensed -
I've thought a few times about hooking a line on one and towing it home...

Lloyd

Ever seen the TV show "The Beachcombers"? Terrible acting and plots, but
Great scenery (shot in Gibsons), and the profession of "beachcomber" (one
who makes a living gathering unclaimed logs and selling them) is
legitimate, at least here in Canada. Too bad you have to be licensed -
I've thought a few times about hooking a line on one and towing it home...

Lloyd

There's pretty good money in it, apparently. One night in Comox, I helped a guy
land a small commercial boat. There waws nobody aboard but the skipper and
about an 8 year old girl. He was having a bit of trouble getting to the dock,
as he had a 20 or 30-foot *log* secured to his boat and it was screwing up his
ability to manuever.

When we finally hauled him over to the cleats I asked "How was the fishing?"

"Fishing, hell!" he answered. "See that log? It's Sitka Spruce and they make
guitars and pianos out of it. Heck if I'm going to worry about a couple of
hundred bucks worth of fish, I just snagged a $600 log!"

Now of course that was $600 Canadian, butit would still be $50 or better in
"real" money. :-)

I'm fairly sure that most raw logs here in the PNW (Shipped or Boomed)
are stamped/branded, kind of like cattle, So its a safe bet if you come
across one you'll know it, But if you get to close to a log boom while
underway, and see a Sea Lion or two or twelve smiling at you, then more
than likely you've had it.

I"ve got a friend up on Shaw Island that has a permit to pull logs,makes
a good living at it too.

Also seen it done over in Ocean Shores on a daily basis, Soon as the
tide ebbs, you can count on seeing a rotted out ol chevy 4x4 flatbed
with a winch boom, and chainsaws combing the beach, Don't know if its
for firewood or carvings tho. UD

On Wed, 29 Oct 2003 05:29:59 +0000, Gould 0738 wrote:


"Fishing, hell!" he answered. "See that log? It's Sitka Spruce and they
make guitars and pianos out of it. Heck if I'm going to worry about a
couple of hundred bucks worth of fish, I just snagged a $600 log!"

Along a similar vein, you may be aware that several companies mine
lake/river bottoms for old growth logs. IIRC some of these logs are worth
tens of thousands of dollars, American.

http://www.iswonline.com/archives/wo...um/wood2.shtml

http://www.timelesstimber.com/about/...T&articleID=71