Where did my Tree come from?
This tree came from working land.
What you’re holding is part of a cycle that has shaped this land and continues to shape what comes next.
This land helped build Canada
Long before homes were planned here, this land was actively used.
The last major logging activity on this property is estimated to have taken place in the early 1900s, before homesteaders began moving into
Anmore from Vancouver around 1914.
Like much of the surrounding region, this land contributed to the materials that helped build communities, infrastructure, and cities across British Columbia and across Canada.
This was working land.
And the evidence is still here today.
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The Murray Home, 1916, Anmore / Port Moody
B.C. Archives. This is the land where the New Village Hub and Trails Coffee House sits today.
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Walk the Land. See the Story.
This isn’t recreated. It’s what remains.
Old-growth stumps, root systems, and forest lines are still here, preserved as part of the community, not removed from it. The paths and park land of Birchwood Estates walks through history.
You’re not just building on the land.
You’re building within its story.
(Above and Right) History of Anmore's logging and resource management.
This big old tree gave life to another tree in the last 20-30yrs. This sits beside the Birchwood trail bridge.
Old cedar stump with spring board notches and charing from the slash burn that was done to encourage regrowth.
From Past to Present
This land was purchased in 2006 by Cordovado Development.
Before a single tree was harvested, the site was carefully studied and reviewed.
Each tree was assessed by professional arborists—then organized by species, size, and quality, and sent to appropriate processing facilities to continue its use.
Nothing was wasted just as it was in previous uses.
The materials from this land continue to serve the everyday uses we rely on.
As work progressed, Birchwood Estates began to take shape.
Every step was carried out with intention, guided by environmental oversight and ongoing monitoring to ensure a responsible and measured impact on the land.
What you see today is the result of that process.
Now,
It Begins to Grow
We’re ready to build homes.
But the forest has already begun.
With sunlight now reaching the forest floor, new growth is emerging, something that hasn’t been possible here for decades.
Small trees are taking hold.
Open space is forming.
The land is renewing itself.
Surrounded by forest, this is where homes will sit within something living—continuing a cycle that has always defined this land.
The Magic of
Sunlight
With light comes renewal and growth.
Under a mature evergreen canopy, the forest floor rarely sees direct sunlight and this land was no different. Now, with light reaching the ground, everything changes. Soil, moisture, and seed come together, and life begins again. Growth starts immediately, and it moves quickly, because life finds a way.
At Birchwood Estates, we chose to do more. We created nearly a kilometre of trails and over four acres of accessible, usable forest, integrated directly into the community. This isn’t separate from the land. This is living within it.
Now, in the spaces where new trees are beginning to take hold, backyards, pools, and places for everyday life will soon emerge. We are not replacing the forest, we are guiding and crafting its next stage.
Take the Story Home
When you take a tree home from Birchwood Estates, you’re carrying forward a forest that has entered a new phase of life.
Plant it.
Care for it.
Let it grow.
In doing so, you become part of the same cycle that has shaped this land, supporting something that continues to give back to the community around it.
