12 Forests and Trees 



feet, board measure, of these species, with some 2,675,000 

 cords of poplar and birch intermingled. A still younger 

 forest of spruce, pine, poplar, and birch covers an area 

 of 2060 square miles. This younger forest, if properly 

 protected from fire, will mean an immense source of wealth." 



If we were to multiply the quantity of timber on the area 

 surveyed by the number of times the whole forest area is 

 greater than that, we might get some conception of our 

 forest wealth. Even then it would not take into account 

 the fact that the area surveyed is a rather poor forest, that 

 a large part of it is covered by young trees that have not 

 reached marketable size, and that they are not the kinds 

 producing the most valuable timber. In British Columbia 

 there are forests producing many times as much timber to 

 the square mile and the timber of a more valuable kind. 



An estimate of the total value of the different classes of 

 forest products is given below. The figures are rounded to 

 hundreds of thousands and form as reliable a summary 

 as possible with the data available. 



Lumber, lath, and shingles $84,000,000 



Firewood 50,000,000 



Pulpwood 12,000,000 



Posts and rails 10,000,000 



Cross-ties 8,000,000 



Square timber exported 1,900,000 



Cooperage 1,700,000 



Logs exported 1,100,000 



Poles 1,200,000 



Tanning material ... 1,000,000 



Round mining timber 600,000 



Miscellaneous exports 300,000 



Miscellaneous products 10,500,000 



Total $172,300,000 



