Cortes Island Woodworkers Directory

• Organized Alphabetically by Name (with phone number)
• Organized by Services (no phone number)
• About the Cortes Island Woodworkers Directory

Organized Alphabetically by Name

Anderson, Floyd     935-6994
Faller, Forest Consultant, Mill Operator, Firewood
Floyd provides selective logging, dangerous tree removal, limbing and topping. He operates a saw mill and provides custom milling, lumber and firewood.

Bannister, Ted     935-8512
Builder, Finisher, Mill Operator, Lumber Sales
Ted custom mills with his portable mill, sells some lumber, and builds houses.

Barton, Hugh     935-6913
Builder, Woodworker (Cabinetry & Finishing), Furniture Maker, Artisan
Hugh specializes in timber frame building with traditional mortise and tendon joinery. He builds boats and outdoor staircases. Hugh also carves and makes paddles.

Bazar, Ron     935-6510
Arbutus Arts Culinary Collection
Artisan
Ron makes fine kitchen implements from local arbutus and manzanita; available on island and in distant galleries.

Belcourt, Julien     935-6793
Builder
Julien provides general carpentry.

Belcourt, Pierre     935-6793
Builder, Furniture Maker
Pierre is a boat builder, house builder and furniture maker who uses primarily local materials.

Bentley, Guy     935-0100
Firewood

Bockner, Rick     935-6792
Woodworker, Local Wood-Sourcing
Rick offers finishing and cabinetry. He collects wood and can find sources of local wood for building projects.

Craddock, Jay     935-6651
Mill Operator, Raw Logs & Lumber Sales, Firewood
Jay supplies ocean salvaged, forestry approved old growth timber (cedar, spruce, fir and cottonwood). He has an inventory of all species including maple boards and spalted maple, arbutus, and alder. He supplies fir poles and character pieces. He can custom cut to 18 x 6. Barging available.

Denis, Krista     287-6329
Forest Consultant/Technician
Krista trained with the Silva Forest Foundation. She conducts timber cruises, data collection, ground-truthing from aerial photos, and layouts for trails, roads and cut-blocks.

Egan, Ken     935-6895
Builder, Finishing, Cabinetry, Artisan
Ken works on renovations, decks, and interior finishing. He also builds hand carved ornamental cedar chests with inlays.

Ellingsen, Andy     935-6545
Woodlot Owner
Andy uses his woodlot for small-scale selection harvesting.

Ellingsen, Bruce     935-6797
Woodlot Owner, Mill Operator, Lumber Sales, Sawdust, Lumber Planing
Bruce provides custom milling or mills wood from his own land. He also has slabs for fencing, garden edging, etc.

Ellingsen, Trygve     935-6559
Builder, Woodworker, Finishing, Cabinetry
Trygve provides building services from the ground up through finish. He also makes custom doors.

Fontaine, Jean     935-6462
Blue Moon Woodworks
Builder
Jean manages residential building projects from ground to finish.

Forster, Jodi     935-6719
Manzanita Muse Studio
Artisan
Jodi’s carvings, masks and wood sculpture in local cedar, alder and maple express her intuitive relationship with the physical and spiritual landscape of the West Coast. See www.islemuse.com.

Friedel, Bill     935-6628
Tiber Bay Industries
Builder, Designer, Mill Operator, Lumber Sales, Flooring, Firewood
Bill provides building services from the ground up through finish. His materials come from single selection logging or ocean salvage. He offers custom milling, high quality ocean salvage old growth, and custom kiln drying.

Garrison, Ralph     935-6966
Builder, Designer, Cabinetry, Furniture
Ralph’s specialty is timber frame houses with mortise and tendon joinery.

Graham, Robby     935-6316
Mill Operator, Lumber Sales, Sawdust, Firewood
Robby provides custom milling, lumber on order, sawmill slabs, debris clean up with excavator and accepts stumps for burning.

Grundmann, Walter     935-6724
Touch Wood Design Studio
Furniture Maker, Artisan
Walter designs and builds custom furniture including rocking chairs, dining room tables, chairs, dressers, chests, and cabinets. He makes small kitchen items such as trays and cutting boards. Walter mills his own supply of local arbutus, alder, wild cherry, maple, manzanita and yew.

Hanuse, Ken     935-6536
Artisan
Ken is a First Nations carver. He uses traditional legends and designs from the Rivers Inlet Band.

Havelaar, Hubert     935-6947
Designer, Builder, Cabinetry & Finishing, Custom Milling
Hubert provides site evaluation and preparation, design, building and building project management. He has a mobile dry kiln and does custom milling. Hubert makes custom doors, windows and molding and builds boats.

Helenius, Kevin     935-6741
Fax:     935-6855
Builder, Mill Operator, Sawdust
Kevin specializes in custom timberwork. He mills oversize timbers to round, square or unusual shapes.

Jordon, John     935-6706
Artisan
John makes edge tools, stools and gates. He teaches green woodworking techniques.

Kearney, Jim     935-6894
Finishing, Cabinetry, Custom Wood Drying, Artisan

Kellhammer, Oliver     935-6664
Forest Consultant, Woodlot Owner
Oliver is a permaculture instructor who provides advice regarding permaculture forest management, forest restoration and non-timber forest products such as medicinal herbs.

King, Ian     287-0311 (cell)     935-6485
Mill Operator
Ian custom mills on site with an Alaskan mill and bandsaw.

Le Cheminant, Ian     935-8567,     935-6965
Cortes Cabinetworks
Cabinetry, Finishing, Furniture Maker
Ian designs and builds custom cabinetry, kitchen counters and cabinets, doors and opening windows.

Mawdsley, Steve     935-6412
Builder, Woodworker, Finishing

McCoy, Dave     935-6335
Builder, Faller, Forest Technician, Mill Operator
Dave specializes in post and beam and timber construction. He builds from the ground up to finish. Dave logs off and on island. He owns a barge and an excavator.

McCoy, Reo     935-6352
Faller, Forest Technician, Mill Operator, Debris Removal, Lumber Sales, Sawdust, Firewood, Planing & Flooring
Reo does custom milling and lumber sales. He sends wood to Campbell River to be planed and finished for flooring. Reo also removes dangerous trees.

McMorran, Bruce     935-0055
Forest Technician/Consultant, Silviculture
Bruce consults on forest-related matters. He also advises on tree planting and can follow through to completion.

Mohr, John     935-6306
Woodancer
Furniture Maker, Artisan
John carves and builds panels, signs, doors, walls, and headboards. He also creates bent work. Your design or his.

Morris, Garvin     935-6453
Cabinetry, Finishing, Builder, Woodworker, Artisan
Garvin specializes in cabinetry, post and beam, and timber frame construction. He is a decorative wood carver as well.

Pielle, Ron     935-6536
Artisan
Ron carves paddles from cedar.

Preston, Mary Clare     935-6384
Forest Technician/Consultant
Mary Clare is a certified forest technician (Selkirk College) with knowledge of ecosystem-based forestry. She does ecosystem inventories, surveying, bio-geo-climatic zone classification, and prepares conservation covenant baseline reports.

Richardson, Liz     935-6370
Permaculture/Agroforestry
Liz consults regarding tree crops for human use and stream restoration using native and exotic plant species.

Roman, Howie     935-6405
Kiddledeed Floors
Flooring, Cabinetry
Howie lays hardwood floors and floors made from local wood.

Savage, Fred
Furniture Maker
Fred uses old world construction methods (no metal fasteners) using recycled wood from his antique lumber collection.

Scholfield-Sweet, Kristen     935-6464
Artisan
Kristen makes drums and rattles using local wood, especially cedar.

Shipway, David     935-6417
Windjammer Designs
Designer, Builder, Finishing, Cabinetry, Furniture Maker
David provides building services from site evaluation through design, architectural plans to finishing. He also builds custom doors, windows and small boats.

Shipway, Romney 830 7005,     935-6417
Solace Woodworks
Builder

Shook, John     935-6464
Builder, Woodworker

Smith, Jane     935-6361
Artisan
Jane is a wood turner who creates bowls and other items from local wood. Her work is available on Cortes by phone call and in galleries in the States.

Steigemann, Volker     935-6936
Mill Operator, Woodworker, Furniture Maker, Artisan
In addition to running a mill, Volker sculpts and carves decorative and functional items including doors, structural beams and custom furniture. View his work at www.woodpath.com

Tracy, Bob     935-6477
Forest Technician/Consultant
Bob is a licensed scaler who assesses logs and timber for quantity and quality.

Triller, Karl     935-6764
Artisan
Visit Karl’s castle on Manzanita to view his wooden plates, bowls and sculptures.

Vosper, John     935-6420
Faller, Debris Clean Up
John has equipment for debris clean up, and removes dangerous trees.

Verschuur, Henry & Margaret     935-6940
Woodlot Owner, Mill Operator, Lumber Sales, Sawdust, Firewood, Flooring
The Verschuurs provide custom milling including custom milled beams.

Wheeler, Bill     935-6384
Woodworker, Builder, Agroforestry
In addition to carpentry, Bill can provide native plants for restoration work.

Wolda, Ron     935-6628
Tiber Bay Industries
Builder, Mill Operator/Lumber Sales, Flooring, Firewood, Shingles
Ron works with Bill Friedel on buildings from the ground up through finish. All his materials come from single selection logging or ocean salvage. Tiber Bay Industries provides custom milling, high quality ocean salvage old growth, and custom kiln drying.

Directory compiled by Carrie Saxifrage
Cover woodcut by Volker Steigemann
Printed on Recycled paper by
Printworks, Cortes Island

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Organized by Service

Building Services

Builders

Bannister, Ted
Barton, Hugh
Belcourt, Julien
Belcourt, Pierre
Egan, Ken
Ellingsen, Trygve
Fontaine, Jean
Friedel, Bill
Garrison, Ralph
Havelaar, Hubert
Helenius, Kevin
Mawdsley, Steve
McCoy, Dave
Morris, Garvin
Shipway, David
Shipway, Romney
Shook, John
Wheeler, Bill
Wolda, Ron

Woodworkers (Finishing/Cabinetry)

Bannister, Ted
Barton, Hugh
Bockner, Rick
Egan, Ken
Ellingsen, Trygve
Garrison, Ralph
Havelaar, Hubert
Kearney, Jim
Le Cheminant, Ian
Mawdsley, Steve
Morris, Garvin
Roman, Howie
Shipway, David
Shook, John
Wheeler, Bill

Furniture Makers

Barton, Hugh
Belcourt, Pierre
Garrison, Ralph
Grundmann, Walter
Le Cheminant, Ian
Mohr, John
Savage, Fred
Shipway, David
Steigemann, Volker

Flooring Installers

Friedel, Bill
McCoy, Reo
Roman, Howie
Wolda, Ron

Designers

Friedel, Bill
Garrison, Ralph
Havelaar, Hubert
Shipway, David

Artisans

Barton, Hugh
Bazar, Ron
Egan, Ken
Forster, Jodi
Hanuse, Ken
Grundmann, Walter
Jordon, John
Kearney, Jim
Mohr, John
Morris, Garvin
Pielle, Ron
Scholfield-Sweet, Kristen
Smith, Jane
Steigemann, Volker
Triller, Karl

Forest and Tree Services

Fallers

Anderson, Floyd
Ellingsen, Tor
McCoy, Dave
McCoy, Reo
Vosper, John

Forest tech/consultant

Anderson, Floyd
Denis, Krista
Kellhammer, Oliver
McCoy, Dave
McCoy, Reo
McMorran, Bruce
Preston, Mary Clare
Richardson, Liz
Tracy, Bob

Chipping/Debris Clean-up

Ellingsen, Tor
Graham, Robby
McCoy, Reo
Vosper, John

Wood Suppliers

Woodlot owner

Ellingsen, Andy
Ellingsen, Bruce
Kellhammer, Oliver
Verschuur, Henry and Margaret

Mill operator

Anderson, Floyd
Bannister, Ted
Craddock, Jay
Ellingsen, Bruce
Friedel, Bill
Graham, Robby
Havelaar, Hubert
Helenius, Kevin
King, Ian
McCoy, Dave
McCoy, Reo
Steigemann, Volker
Verschuur, Henry and Margaret
Wolda, Ron

Lumber sales

Anderson, Floyd
Bannister, Ted
Craddock, Jay
Ellingsen, Bruce
Friedel, Bill
Graham, Robby
McCoy, Reo
Verschuur, Henry and Margaret
Wolda, Ron

Sawdust

Ellingsen, Bruce
Graham, Robby
Helenius, Kevin
McCoy, Reo
Verschuur, Henry and Margaret

Firewood

Anderson, Floyd
Bentley, Guy
Craddock, Jay
Ellingsen, Tor
Friedel, Bill
Graham, Robby
McCoy, Reo
Verschuur, Henry and Margaret
Wolda, Ron

Lumber planing/molding/flooring

Ellingsen, Bruce
Friedel, Bill
McCoy, Reo
Roman, Howie
Verschuur, Henry and Margaret
Wolda, Ron

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About the Cortes Island Woodworkers Directory

The Cortes Ecoforestry Society’s intention in creating this directory is to make it easy for people to use local wood related goods and services whenever possible. The information is compiled from conversations with people we called and people who responded to our invitation in the local fliers. CES does not recommend specific individuals, except to say this booklet contains a lot of expertise and talent. There is also much expertise and talent among people not listed. (Let us know if you want to be included in the next edition!)

Why Buy Local Wood Products?

Excellent reasons to buy local wood and wood products abound. The more time and craftsmanship that goes into a wood product, the stronger these reasons become.

It’s good for the local economy.
When island-made items are purchased, more money is kept in the community and recirculated among islanders. This sustains local jobs and businesses. In addition, because there are no middle people, products cost less benefiting both the purchaser and the seller.

It’s good for the community.
The many independent workers and small businesses help make this community distinctive. One-of-a-kind businesses contribute to Cortes as a unique place. Because small business owners and local entrepreneurs are often involved in community activities, support for them supports the community as a whole.

People who study communities note that civic engagement (activities such as sports clubs, volunteer fire departments, non-profit societies, choral groups, and craft circles) result in “civic solidarity” which provides the foundation for economic prosperity. A variety of jobs is also a measure of community health and resilience.

Also, when we choose to conduct business with other islanders, instead of choosing the impersonal exchange of box or web stores, we have an opportunity to know each other better. This strengthens community fabric.

It’s good for the environment.
Buying locally means less road transport and less carbon dioxide in the air. Because the impacts of our purchases are local, we are better able to enjoy the benefits and work to minimize the negative impacts. The path between the cause and effect of our choices is more easily traced.

It bucks the globalization trend.

Free trade is based on money that seeks maximum investment return, with no ties to place. Firms and nations may benefit from this ability to move capital around, but communities and places suffer. While we all enjoy cheap goods from far away, these consumer choices ultimately limit people’s ability to find interesting work for fair wages. The impacts eventually make their way back to us.

Buying local wood, wood-related services and wood products means knowing where the wood comes from and who processed it. You can get to know your neighbours better and support their ability to make a living. You protect a diversity of jobs and a diversity of neighbours by ensuring that small scale manufacturing continues to evolve at the local level.

The island’s wood-related economy would benefit greatly from having a reliable and sustainable source for lumber to fill all our building needs and to provide materials for craftspeople. That’s what a community forest is all about.

Until that day, let’s make the most of the wood we have. It may challenge your notions of the on-the-spot purchasing because it requires you to think and order ahead. But it will satisfy your desire for competent labour, good materials, craftsmanship of rare quality, and one-of-a-kind pieces that meld function with art.

In addition, you may learn about whale sightings, fishing spots, recent births, fisticuffs and cougar incidents. You can’t get that at Ikea.

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