Haida is derived from the name of the Pacific Northwest Indians who
dominated British Columbia's coastal islands for thousands of years.
The Haida people revered the giant cedar as "the tree of life".
Their dug-out canoes, made from a single Western Red Cedar log, measured
up to fifty feet in length and carried a crew of forty. Shelter, clothing
and medicine were obtained from the timber, roots and bark of the
cedar tree. Haida art is internationally admired. Carved cedar masks,
totem poles and cultural artifacts of haunting beauty are today displayed
in galleries and museums worldwide.
Out of respect for these magnificent
people and their reverence for Western Red Cedar, Haida Forest Products
has adopted this time-honoured name to identify the company and the
premium cedar products that it
manufactures.
