Tuesday, August 03, 2004. Follow the course of the log construction as the walls and floors of Vertebrae Lodge are built. It will take over six weeks to get to the roof, which will be a massive structure. The first logs are set for Vertebrae Lodge.

Friday, July 30, 2004. 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.

Life on the Chatter Creek Road. The Reason Why Guests Fly to Chatter Creek. Friday, July 23, 2004. This photo journal recalls some of the journey of the mill and the crane and, in general, life on the Chatter Creek road. The Chatter Creek Road is dotted with bogs, some quite deep. When vehicles get stuck, the excavator has to walk down the road to pull them out, at a loss.

Lodge Construction Crew, Past and Present. Monday, August 02, 2004. Meet the Chatter Creek Lodge Construction Crew. To meet some of the folks who have worked on the summer lodge construction projects at Chatter Creek. They appear in no particular order. Click here for more photos of the Chatter Crew at work. Our Chatter Creek Winter Staff. Saturday, July 31, 2004.

Candid Shots from the Vertebrae Lodge construction site. Monday, November 08, 2004. Dale and Mike and Dan doing some bridge repairs on the Chatter Creek road. Isabelle, the chain saw queen.