Timber Kings crew donates wooden cauldron to mark Canada Winter Games
Pioneer Log Homes created cauldron out of 400-year-old red cedar
A wooden cauldron made from a 400-year-old red cedar by the crew featured in the hit HGTV series Timber Kings is the latest addition to the legacy of the 2015 Canada Winter Games in Prince George, B.C.
The cauldron, built by Pioneer Log Homes of Williams Lake, B.C., serves as a platform for a gas flame that will burn throughout the games. It was unveiled last Friday at the Canada Games Plaza just outside the Civic Centre in downtown Prince George.
Peter Arnold and André Chevigny, with Pioneer Log Homes say they hollowed out the cedar stump and fitted in a gas pipe. The flame piece, made out of steel, sits on top of the cauldron.
"A lot of the stuff that we use is laying on the forest floor already and it's really cool because cedar doesn't rot, so if the tree falls over, it can lay there 20, 30, 50 years and we can come along and we can use them again," said Chevigny.
Prince George is the first city in B.C. to host a winter version of the Canada Games, and thousands of athletes, volunteers and spectators are expected. Preparations in Prince George are in the final stages, with the Lheidli T'enneh First Nation having set up their pavilion to welcome visitors and the city setting up signs for venues.
The Canada Winter Games starts Friday.