Well another message from a "newbie". I've been lurking for a while and have learned alot from the postings of all of the active members (not to mention also perusing their web sites). This June I completed a Pygmy Osprey Double and am about to start on my first cedar strip boat (the Endeavour 17 from Bear Mountain). My plan is to "do it all" including cutting my own strips. Can anyone tell me of a source for reasonably priced Western Red Cedar in the Toronto area. I am familiar with Noahs but was hoping to get wood more reasonably priced.

As an aside I had the good fortune to be in Vancouver BC last weekend (after four days of kayaking the Broken Island group in Barkley Sound) to catch the Vancouver Wooden boat show. It was not as large as R2K but they had four diplays of cedar strip kayaks (several Spring Runs, two Endeavours and several Guillemots).

thanks for your help.