Adding value to wood and recreation in McBride

One board at a time’

“When we first started building the universal boardwalk we had nothing materially to speak of – we had a chainsaw, a hammer, a few nails and high hopes,” said Nowell Senior, who was inspired to build the boardwalk so people with disabilities could access the Ancient Forest site. “McBride Community Forest donated about $3,000 worth of lumber to get us started and from there on we always had enough funding to purchase what we needed,” said Senior. “We’ve actually purchased more than $90,000 worth of lumber from a one-person mill in McBride.” That’s where McCarty and his solo operation, Midget Mills, comes in.

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