Except for plywood, Vertebrae Lodge was built entirely of green spruce selectively logged near the building site. Trees were felled and limbed in the bush and the logs were dragged to the site. The trees were cut before the sap rises from the roots, which results in less shrinkage as the wood cures.

This photo journal recalls the process of the logging, the moving of logs to the site and the peeling of the logs for the construction of Vertebrae Lodge. Over 100 peeled logs would be needed for the structural log walls and over 200 logs would be required for milling dimensioned lumber. The logs for the walls were all peeled by hand. Scroll down to view the process.