Lester River Sawmill

About Lester River Sawmill

Lester River Sawmill is a mill in Duluth, Minnesota, working out of Rice Lake Rd. They've been at it since 1980, turning out lumber products for home builders, homeowners, and craftsmen in the area. This isn't a place that buys standing timber or comes out to log your land. They work with wood already cut, turning it into finished products: tongue and groove paneling, shiplap, mouldings and trim, S4S boards, live-edge slabs, and rough lumber like dimensional lumber and timbers. They also sell sawdust, woodchips, and slab wood for garden and farm use. Tamarack is the species they mention by name, including what they call "Ground Contact Tamarack (Naturally Rot-resistant)" for outdoor use. They serve St. Louis County and describe their reach as "across the northland." No minimum tract size is given, since this isn't a timber-buying operation in the first place. If you're a landowner who already has logs or wants finished lumber for a building project rather than someone to come cut and sell your standing trees, this is the kind of business you'd call. For actually selling timber off your land, you'd want to look elsewhere. From lesterriversawmill.com, read 8 October 2026.

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