unorganized tree rights

[Sonny1980]

i recently bought soem acreage in ONtario and its under an unorganized towship but like many properties , i dont have tree rights..so im wondering what this means really.. i hear you can cut trees down on crown land wihtout permits so i dont see why i couldnt on my own private property. and theres no place for me to go to ask permission for this as its unorganized . so i was wondering if anyone knows the procedure to do this..i heard you can cut the trees down but you cant sell teh wood ..so id be ok to cut what i want as long as i use the wood myself..i have a feeling its not quite that easy but i was looking for soemone who knows or experienced such a thing. any help is appreciated..ty

[BillM]

I think technically the province and come and log your property if they wanted to, however the odds of that are basically zero.  If it were my property I'd do whatever I wanted. 

Why not give the MNR a call?  

 

https://www.recreationland.net/resources/faq-property-rights/

Edited August 12 by BillM

[porkpie]

I wouldn’t call anyone, and I’d carry on about my business how I saw fit.  The more phone calls you make, the more you advertise your intentions, and the more confused you will become anyway.

[Rizzo]

what's that line...better to ask forgiveness than permission

[AKRISONER]

if a tree falls in the woods...

[Sonny1980]

yeah but im hearing of people getting heavy fines like thousands of dollars for cutting trees and soem dude cut trees and made a path on crown land and was fined 10k...id do the same probably jsut cut and hope for the best i dont see how it would be a problem unless i had nosey neighbours but ill see i guess. but thanks for the replies. ive also heard of that also that thats what it means that the ministry can come and log it if they wanted too...its that way for mineral rights but the odds of that ar epretty slim so it really doesnt matter i was just wondering if it were the same for trees..the way the government is nowadays i wouldnt put it past tehm doing fly overs..but again its unorganized so who would come? i guess  the MNR? hopefully no-one.

Edited August 13 by Sonny1980

[CrowMan]

Generally under Ontario property law, "reserved timber rights" just means if you were to do a large scale harvest of timber, you have to pay the Province a "stumpage fee".

Usually your lawyer informs you of the exact details of restrictions, etc. in the deed when you close the sale. 

As long as you're not clear cutting large swathes of land, I wouldn't worry at all.

[AKRISONER]

to me, if its noticeable via satellite/helicopter then you're asking for problems

[Terry]

I was looking at a piece of land way up north but it say i

would have the mineral nor tree rights as I looked into it the owner of the property was keeping those rights and he would have the rights to the trees and minerals except for jack pine , I guess the government had the rights to those trees

i didn’t buy the property 

[Weeds]

I think I looked into something like this before for some reason, I don’t think you’re allowed to go and cut trees on crown land.

[CrowMan]

3 minutes ago, Weeds said:

I think I looked into something like this before for some reason, I don’t think you’re allowed to go and cut trees on crown land.

Yes, cutting live trees on Crown Land is a no no. Take all the dead wood you want..