Cool water perfectly preserves what are known as sinker logs, which lay on river bottoms for hundreds of years. These magnificent sinker cypress and sinker pine logs are considered to be buried treasure, because once recovered, they yield the richest patina of any wood.

Customers specify both sinker cypress and sinker pine for both commercial and residential projects. Sinker cypress is perfect for siding and paneling, while sinker pine can be milled into beautiful flooring and stairparts.

The video below illustrates how sinker logs made their way down to the river bottom centuries ago:

“The economical way to transport heart pine and cypress logs was to fashion them into crude rafts and float them to sawmills along southern rivers. Sometimes they extended hundreds of yards long. As luck would have it, these rafts would sometimes break apart. The logs would slip away down to the river bottom where they were perfectly preserved from oxygen and light by the cool water.”

Take a look at some of our projects using sinker cypress logs….

Reception Desk

Antique Heart Cypress Adds “Character” to Contemporary Office Space

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vG5ggmkP4LY Goodwin Company was proud to supply our River-Recovered® Heart Cypress Character for a reception desk, kitchen and a number of gorgeous feature walls in the ultra-modern office space for Visit…
Sinker Cypress - Antique Wood Treasures

Sinker Cypress – Antique Wood Treasures

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Goodwin works with Sinker Cypress which is at least 800 years old. The large diameter logs yield heart cypress slabs that are of great width. People often ask "what is cypress wood used for?" Both the size of the slabs and the density of its…
Sawing Sinker Cypress

Sawing Sinker Cypress

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Antique Heart Cypress is one of only a few remaining prehistoric tree species. Goodwin Company is proud to specialize in working with sinker cypress. Check out this video demonstrating how Goodwin transforms River-Recovered® Heart Cypress logs…
Sinker Cypress – The Gentle Giants of the South: Part One

Sinker Cypress – The Gentle Giants of the South Part Three

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Virgin (old growth) bald cypress and modern (new) growth bald cypress are the same species.  However, there are many differences between them.  Two of the most striking differences include: Old growth sinker cypress is highly dense, as…
Sinker Cypress – The Gentle Giants of the South: Part One

Sinker Cypress – The Gentle Giants of the South Part Two

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After the Civil War and during reconstruction, things were chaotic in the south.  There was an abundance of cheap land, much of which was bought up by northern lumber and timber interest who needed a new source. The easiest way to access the…
Sinker Cypress – The Gentle Giants of the South: Part One

Sinker Cypress – The Gentle Giants of the South: Part One

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Goodwin’s resident history enthusiast, Jeffrey Forbes, describes the origins of River-Recovered® Heart Cypress – a.k.a. sinker cypress.  Hundreds of years ago, the Suwannee River ran “clear”, more like a spring, as opposed to the murky…