Chainsaw Carving Competition

The 15th International chainsaw carving competition took place over the last few days in chetwin. Each year on the second weekend of June this event takes place. The 12 competitors, 4 American, 4 Canadian, 1 Australian, 1 Japanese, 1 Lithuanian, 1 Dutch had 36 hours to carve a design out of western cedar. Each got a tree trunk 120cm in diameter and 2,5m tall.
After they finished their main carvings they had a quick carve with a smaller trunk, these carvings where auction off to the public. Some fetched almost 3000$ !!!
The main carvings will be on display all over Chetwynd. There are more than 200 carvings scattered all around!Read more