[Lindy]

At the end of the summer I'm moving from Calgary to Enderby, BC and I would love to find out what native trees have good thick bark for doing my wood spirits in. I plan on taking a, shall we say, large collection of the Black Poplar bark with me, but at some point that is going to run out and I need to know what to look for as well as where to look. My sister is already collecting drift wood for me which has to dry before I can use it although what she has picked up for me so far has some wonderful colours in it.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

By the way, Enderby is half way between Salmon Arm and Vernon.

Thanks!
Lindy

Lindy,
I am quite sure that there is a lot of cottonwood in BC. Cottonwood bark is probably three times thicker than Black Poplar although I have heard that they are one in the same. The black poplar that grows in Ontario never gets much thicker than a couple of inches.
Colin

[Lindy]

Hi Colin,

Thanks for the tip! I never realized that the two trees were really one and the same. :-[ Once I get moved I'll start looking for some downed trees so I can keep carving these puppies!

Regards,
Lindy