Under water logging got my attention, found a nice lake on Vancouver Island that had enough cedar sinkers to keep me going for the rest of my life.
In the early 1900's there was a sawmill as common with most mills running on steam it burned to the ground and never got rebuilt. On the lake the may log booms waiting to be sawn eventually become so water logged they sank to the bottom.
All of these logs were first growth cedar with a very tight grain and would have sold as music wood which is worth a small fortune even in todays money.
Cedar - Tone Wood Western Red Cedar Guitar Tops, Tonewood, Soundboards
Ok, I'm very excited about this find and do my homework to obtain salvage rights, as it turned out the lake is situated on a zone of land on the Island referred to as the E & N Land Grab. Read it an weep, the green area on the Map indicate which land is still to this day controlled by the Railway, the untouchables.
Vancouver Island's Great E & N Railway Land Grab
Let this find go from memory, then moved along with a new path, the outside coast of Vancouver Island is littered with logs a beachcombers wet dream come true. Most of the logs are riddled with teredo holes, if the log is not to badly gone you can mill some of the most gorgeous lumber from it.
I had found a really cool log salvage boat, powered with a cat engine with a Berkly pump for jet propulsion which would allow this boat entry into the shallows. Someone who knew the outer coast better than I advised me against my folly. The sea is so unpredictable on the outside coast and when she turns on you, quit often you do not have a cove to weather out the storm in safety, but become part of the floats-om soon to be washed up on the beaches.
Yea I'm up for it, underwater salvage, find any good sinkers give me a shout.
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