First attempt at log tow this year ( no joy)

[mike_belben]

where is "here" again.. if youre willing to share?  how far do you have to tow these logs?

[Andries]

Mike; From Upstate NY, follow the blue line NorthEast to Harrington Harbour, Quebec (lots of trees). 
Then, head out to sea, and across the Provincial boundary, to a number of Newfoundland islands (no trees at all), which is where QuebecNewf lives. 
Back in 2016, a FF somebody wondered the same thing - they were pondering a drop-by for coffee. . . . I'm thinking that would be a pricey coffee.   :D

[mike_belben]

Ive been trying to sketch out a family tree for the kids and have got my namesakes side figured back 9 generations to seal cove ( new chelsea ) in trinity bay.  Theres a lot of belbens there, conception bay and st johns.   So the landscape is extra interesting to me, i was just wondering if any of my ancestors ever looked at the same foreign (to me) shoreline.  
  

7 generations of deep sea fisherman and i dont like grabbing a bluegill.   What a shame i must be to them! :D

[curved-wood]

Last year my wife and I  got at the end of the road which is Kagaska. Quebecnewf live another 150 kms ( I guess ) farther and by boat only. I love that coast. We were not able to meet ...may be another year. I asked about him at a fisherman at the dock in Kagaska and he knew him!!! 150 kms away!!! A lot of people in my own village don't even know me !! Another world

[Stephen1]

Great work and Thanks for the pics.

[Quebecnewf]

Curious as to how long those untreated timbers will last in that environment.

Timber's last along time . It's salt water of course . The biggest problem is that some type of small white worm eats the wood. These only exist at the lowest wood on the dock . They eat those timber's and then the rocks spill out of the crib and you have to rebuild . They eat treated wood as well so that's not an option . 
The island we live on is part of Quebec not NFLD . 
Quebecnewf 

[Andries]

Thanks QN.
I stand corrected.

[Satamax]

Curious as to how long those untreated timbers will last in that environment.

Timber's last along time . It's salt water of course . The biggest problem is that some type of small white worm eats the wood. These only exist at the lowest wood on the dock . They eat those timber's and then the rocks spill out of the crib and you have to rebuild . They eat treated wood as well so that's not an option .
The island we live on is part of Quebec not NFLD .
Quebecnewf

You don't have larch near you. I think it could last longer. All the piles under Venice are larch.  Western red cedar could may be do too. Cypress or yew as well. 

[Quebecnewf]

We do have larch but very scattered now . It was all cut out years ago for boat building . 

I agree larch would be lots better and if I could I would build with it . It's a great wood .

I'm not sure but I'm thinking the worms could eat that as well . I saw a piece of 10x 10 from the federal wharf here that had the centercompletly eaten out of it . Now this is black creosote treated wood , real nasty stuff . I can't believe anything could eat that and live . .

These worms seem to be a new thing here . My dad never saw them when he built docks etc in his days .

Quebecnewf