Mackenzie man finds a new life for old wooden bridges

Dec 9, 2021 | 3:46 PM

MACKENZIE – A retired Mackenzie resident has taken his hobby of making furniture from recycled wooden bridges to selling locally-built artisan furniture pieces across the nation.

Les Sloan is a craftsman who makes unique pieces of furniture from what some see as wood waste.

Sloan looks at pieces of cut wood. He sees imperfections as a way to trigger his creativity. A few years ago, Sloan noticed some of the decommissioned wooden bridges were pulled away from the roadway and burned.

Sloan was in the wood industry for 45 years before retiring. When he learned that the old wooden bridges were destined for the burn pile, he knew this was an opportunity to save the environment.

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No two pieces of art furniture are the same, and each piece of furniture comes with a story of where they would originate.

Sloan has an extensive collection of uniquely shaped salvaged wood from around the province that was once driftwood or looked at as scrap.

For each piece of timber he saves from the fire, he envisions it worked into a piece of art furniture and at the same time protecting the environment.

by Dave Branco

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Mackenzie man finds a new life for old wooden bridges

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