House Beautiful: Forester's secluded log home transformed into eco-retreat
The house nestles amid masses of luxurious ferns and carpets of moss, lichens and fungus in the heart of a 30-hectare forest of ancient western red cedar, big leaf maple, arbutus, flowering dog-wood and Douglas fir. This magical environment, on the shore of Quennell Lake just north of Ladysmith, is the legacy of Merv Wilkinson, who purchased the property in 1938. It’s now a nature preserve called Wildwood Ecoforest and Homestead, operated by the non-profit Ecoforestry Institute Society. The home sleeps six and can be rented by individuals, but is also used for corporate retreats, mushroo...
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