Haliburton Forest

Haliburton Forest is an unusual company. It is an outdoor lover’s paradise and a wood lover’s dream. It is a research facility and an education centre. Haliburton Forest is 100,000 acres, 100 lakes, and millions of trees, and it is home to countless creatures. Above all, and always, it is a sustainably managed forest.

Today, Haliburton Forest is an integrated and diversified company which can be summarized with two simple statements. First, it is a sustainable multi-use private land stewardship company. Second, it is one company with two divisions and seven businesses.  We provide year-round employment to 60 people and work closely on a regular basis with 30 independent contractors. Our business strategy is to be environmentally sustainable, socially responsible, and economically viable in everything we do, in order that Haliburton Forest may grow and improve over the very long term.

The first division of Haliburton Forest is the Tourism & Recreation division. This is the part of the business that most people know best and it tends to be the “face” of Haliburton Forest. The Tourism & Recreation division includes two businesses.

The Ecotourism business includes dogsledding, snowmobiling, Canopy Tours, the Wolf Centre, Group Experiences, camping, accommodations, and many day uses. Our Ecotourism business is consistently recognized as one of the premiere destinations in Canada for wilderness adventures, and has been kindly described as “remarkable, “quirky and charming,” and “breath taking.”

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The Leases & Land Use business services more than 1,000 lessees, who make use of 30 hunt clubs and an enormous variety of campsites. Many of these lessees have been regularly visiting Haliburton Forest for decades – one of the hunt clubs actually pre-dates Canadian Confederation. We work closely with these long-term stakeholders throughout the year. Our mission with the Tourism & Recreation division is to share our property with other people and earn our “social license” every day – in this manner, we try to set an example for large private landowners around the world.

The second division of Haliburton Forest is the Forest Products division. This is the part of the business that is responsible for our reputation as a sustainable company. The Forest Products division includes five businesses:

The Forest Management business includes silvicultural strategy, logging operations, infrastructure development, and scientific research. It is thanks to the efforts of the Forest Management crew that Haliburton Forest is one of the most researched natural forests in the world.

The Commercial Forest Products business operates a mid-sized hardwood sawmill that produces lumber and residues, and our signature Eco-Log Homes. This business was created to fulfill our ethical and economic obligation to add value to the wood that we harvest from our forest.

The Retail Forest Products business, which produces handmade canoeing paddles and offers custom woodworking, is the heart of our value-added manufacturing operations. Our focus with this business is creating beautiful wood products at competitive prices.

Haliburton Forest Biochar and Wood Heat & Power, which are emerging businesses in the start-up phase, both focus on using wood to create high quality products that competitively displace fossil fuel products in the manufacturing and energy sectors.

Our mission in the Forest Products business is to improve our forest over the long term by protecting the ecological integrity of our property while producing valuable wood products in a sustainable manner at competitive prices.

Haliburton Forest is a unique company responsible for the sustainable management of a remarkable piece of land. Over the next 100 years, our owners and management team will continue to embrace each challenge as an opportunity to improve, with an ongoing focus on enhancing and improving each aspect of the operation. We will work with our clients, stakeholders and partners to continue earning an excellent reputation within both the Tourism & Recreation and Forest Products divisions.

Book your winter experience today @ www.haliburtonforest.com or by calling 1-800-631-2198.