Deadhead Lumber Co.

 DeadHead Lumber Company’s mission is to provide eco-friendly lumber products by reclaiming an existing resource in an ecologically responsible way. There is peace of mind in knowing your countertop or cutting block wasn’t cut from a rainforest or mass-produced in an overseas factory. DeadHead lumber is eco-friendly, unique and rich in character.

DeadHead’s logs are indigenous hardwoods that grew in Maine’s pristine virgin forests. Shaded and protected, these hardwood trees were allowed to grow slowly, resulting in the tight growth rings, unrivaled size and density, and rich color that are coveted trademarks of old-growth lumber.

These logs share a rich history with Maine’s legendary logging industry. They were sunken during the log drives across Maine’s lakes and rivers beginning in the early 1600’s. As the hardwood ridges were cut, the logs were brought lakeside by horse teams and then “rafted” (chained to buoyant spruce logs) and towed down the lakes to the mills for processing. Since the weather on these northern Maine lakes can change quickly and dramatically, many of these rafts were lost or cut loose during storms to become sunken treasure and rediscovered hundreds of years later.