Longhouse Trading is a privately owned company established in 1999. It is located in the Central Vancouver Island area working in the value added forestry industry. We purchase raw logs from only Vancouver Island small and medium harvesting sites including BC Woodlots.

As a fully integrated forestry operation, Longhouse Trading markets directly to the Building Project eliminating the need for a middleman. This significantly saves costs to our customers. The quality of our products has been established in the way Longhouse Trading purchases logs.

Projects Longhouse Trading has supplied products for include Nisga'a Government Building New Aiyansh in northern B.C., Brentwood Bay Lodge in Brentwood Bay, B.C. and the Wickanninish Inn in Tofino, B.C.

Longhouse Trading has supplied products to projects in Northern Alaska, Japan, Hawaii and even Puerto Rico.  These projects range from multi-million dollar homes on the Sea-to-Sky corridor between Vancouver and Whistler Mountain Ski Resort to being a supplier for the $19 million Longhouse project for the Qay'llnagaay Heritage Society in Skidigate, Queen Charlotte Islands B.C.

We have our own sawmill, and we kiln dry or air dry our wood on site. Longhouse Trading Company also has a 15, 000 square foot pre-staining plant  and new state of the art pre-staining machinery to ensure quality control in our application of stains and preservative applications. We manufacture sidings, fir flooring, posts and beams, board and batten, decking, poles and custom cuts such as Hydro Douglas Fir Crossarms.

The raw material for these products starts out at a six acre site near Qualicum Beach B.C., where logs are bucked, sorted and stored. On this site is the core of our manufacturing operations, a Heartwood model 310 band saw, with supporting edgers and chop saws. The saw features computerized set works, with a thin-kerf double-cut blade.  Click image for larger view.

Longhouse Trading Company cuts everything to order so manufacturing is well planned before a log even comes near a saw blade. All orders go to the mill operations manager Tom Yates, who manages how and when the wood will be cut guaranteeing absolute quality customer satisfaction.

Considering the nature of this specialized work, price sensitivity is not an issue for our customers.

Longhouse Trading Company is in the process of negotiating a deal to supply a small portion of the cross arms that will be required as part of the massive infrastructure rebuild after the damage caused by Hurricane Katrina.

Longhouse Trading Company has worked to establish excellent relationships with the local forest companies. 

PROJECTS WE HAVE DONE

Longhouse Trading Company support and encourages sound forest practices and effective management of the forest resource for future generations to enjoy. We purchase logs from woodlots because of their sustainable approach, and also belong to the South Island Woodlot Association which is committed to environmental logging practices. All timber is harvested on a 80 year harvest rotation ensuring future generations will be in business.

Purchasing timber from sustainable woodlots is an investment for the future! We are also moving towards using water based paints and products instead of solvent based in our lumber treating facility.