Dogtooth Log and Timber Products is the result of a strong friendship between its three owners, Mike, Sean and Dave. Our love for the outdoors and life in the mountains inspired us to start a business, which combines our individual talents and skills to create unique products for others who share our passions.

Mike and Dave are brothers who grew up in Truro, Nova Scotia, and spent much of their childhood helping their father and grandfather building and maintaining their family’s homes and cottages. They were drawn to British Columbia to plant trees in the forests of northern BC in order to pay for their university degrees and after many summers of working in the bush, they settled in the breathtaking town of Golden to pursue their love for mountain sports.

After finishing his bachelor’s degree, Dave moved to Lake Louise to teach skiing and snowboarding, where he became close friends with a snowboard instructor named Sean. Sean grew up in High River, Alberta and shared the same passion for mountain living and working hard. The two spent many nights scheming up ways to start a business that would allow them to continue doing what they loved, and discovered the vast opportunities that awaited hard workers in the growing town of Golden.

After a few years of working for contractors in the area, the three friends saw a growing demand for custom log and timber work and began acquiring the tools and skills they needed to go out on their own. Mike’s vision to create Kicking Horse River Lodge triggered Sean and Dave to decide how their skills could be best put to use. Sean’s love of big timbers started him along his path to become a sawmill operator, and moved to Prince George to hone his skill on the mill by cutting building logs for the project. Dave’s creativity drew him toward the finishing side of the project, and jumped at the chance to design and build the lodge’s beds and railing systems.

With little more than the money in their pockets and a thirst for learning, the three friends started Dogtooth Log and Timber Products, cutting one timber order at a time, and building beds and railings for local homeowners on the side while Mike continued managing the KHRL project.

A year and a half later, Dogtooth Log and Timber Products has earned a good reputation in the town of Golden for supplying top quality products at reasonable rates, and looks forward to designing innovative home solutions in the area for years to come.