Useful links provided by Blacktail Enterprises and Rain Forest Sawmill

BC Forestry

BC Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations
Form to apply for a timbermark
Guidelines on the issuing of timbermarks

Travel options to visit Blacktail Enterprises, now operating as Rain Forest Sawmill

BC Ferries
Canada Line Sky Train from YVR to downtown Vancouver seaplane harbour
Comox Valley Airport
Comox Valley Tourist Information
Harbour Air Seaplanes
Seair Seaplanes
Vancouver Airport
Victoria Airport

Customers happy to provide references for us

Dwight Anderson of Comox Valley Go Club, Courtenay, BC
Doug Peters of Luna Vista Cabin Rental, Quadra Island, BC
Scott & Scott Architects, Vancouver, BC
Steve Wright of SW Coastal Builders Ltd., Campbell River, BC

Associations that Blacktail Enterprises supports

Black Creek Community Association
Campbell River Head Injury Support Society
Campbell River Search and Rescue
G.P. Vanier Secondary School's Music and Explore programs
Habitat for Humanity
Miracle Beach Elementary School
Mount Washington Volunteer Ski Patrol
Timberline Secondary School
Tsolum River Restoration Society
Vancouver Island Musicfest

We have also provided lumber for mountain bike trail bridges.

We will happily consider requests for lumber to support other non-profit ventures.

Below are links to two interesting articles about hardwood lumber measurement and grading. They are not 100% relevant to what we do here, but make for interesting background reading.

How hardwood lumber is measured in the USA

How hardwood lumber is graded in the USA