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A list of personal awards and accomplishments.
2003: 1st Place, Wood-Mizer Personal Best Contest
2021-JAN-11 UPDATE: Many Wood-Mizer links from 2003 are now "broken." However, we found a web archive of Doucette's 1st place win here: web.archive.org.
Doucette's timber frame house won first place in Wood-Mizer's Personal Best Contest in 2003 for Homes & Major Structures for the Canadian region:
First Place, Canadian Region
Wayne Doucette
Arcadia, Nova Scotia
Canadian Sawyer Builds his very own Fortress
They say a man's house is his castle. Wayne Doucette's house fits that mold more than most. Wayne was inspired to create his 5,000-square-foot home after a visit to some re-created 15th and 16th century French fortresses in Louisbourg and Port Royal. He liked old barns a lot, too. With all those ideas swirling around in his mind, Wayne started raffling through home design books until he found the one he wanted to build.
Wayne had more than enough experience to do the job. He bought his Wood-Mizer LT30 sawmill from the company's main office in Indianapolis in 1986. (This was before Wood-Mizer's Canada-East branch came along). He drove all the way home to Nova Scotia, and began cutting immediately, and estimates he's well over the one million board foot mark.
Through the years, Wayne built homes for his friends. Then it was time he built his own dream dwelling with his powerful tool.
First, Wayne, his wife, his three sons, and an army of friends, had to build a roadway to the building site. Once that was accomplished, they built a barn. Before he started work on the house, Wayne purchased some of the best Douglas fir logs he could find. Spruce was also used in the creation of the home.
Eight years later, Wayne and his family finally moved into their home, and he wants to credit friends with the long hours they spent helping out.
"One does not go through life easily without help, and I certainly had my share, and for that I am grateful."
For the 5,000-square-foot home, barn, and a small shed, Wayne estimates he saved between between $200,000- $300,000!
Wayne's local community is also impressed with the home, so much so that Canadian Television did a 10-minute segment on him and his amazing handiwork.
Even Wayne is sometimes overwhelmed by the finished project.
"We built this house entirely ourselves and with the occasional hired hand, and every piece of wood in it passed through my Wood-Mizer."
Wayne has since lent his mill to friends. One of those friends just completed his own log home. It's Wayne's way of sharing a dream that began 17 years ago.
"Words cannot express the satisfaction from such a project. I am so glad I made that phone call back in the summer of 1986."
- woodmizer.com/personbest/personbest03/category1/doucette.html (web archive)
- woodmizer.com/en/inside/best/2003/homes/doucette.aspx
(Both links above are the same story.)
His house was built with a Wood-Mizer he bought in 1986.
199X: CBC's "Home Sweet Home" Television Spot
Doucette's timber frame house was showcased on CBC News television in their "Home Sweet Home" Monday night segment.
1986: Honoured for Volunteer Work
Doucette was honoured at the Yarmouth Municipal Recreation Committee Volunteer Recognition for volunteer work in Minor Baseball on April 25, 1986.
(From a newspaper clipping.)
Canadian National Champion
Doucette placed first overall in a national muzzle loader shoot making him the Canadian National Champion. It was held in New Brunswick, Canada.
The caption reads:
"In my twenty years experience, I have not found another bullet that shoots or performs as well as a Beeline muzzleloader bullet."
- Wayne Doucette, Canadian National Champion
1984: Vice President of the Yarmouth Municipal Minor Ball League
Doucette was the Vice President of the Yarmouth Municipal Minor Ball League.
(From a newspaper clipping.)
1981: Placed 4th in Muzzle Loading World Championships (World Black Powder Championship)
Certificates read:
September 1981. Bisley, England. The 9th Muzzle Loading World Championships
of the M.L.A.I.C.*
organised by
The Muzzle Loaders Association of Great Britain.
This is to certify that W.DUCTTE† of CANADA
achieved 4TH place in the MINIE Match
with a score of 88.
This is to certify that W.DUCETTE† of CANADA
achieved 12TH place in the MIQUELET Match
with a score of 82.
This is to certify that W.DUCTTE† of CANADA
achieved 16TH place in the VETTERLI Match
with a score of 89.
(President and Secretary signatures)
*Muzzle Loaders Associations International Confederation
†Misspelling of W. Doucette.
From newspaper clipping (which labelled the placements incorrectly):
In 1981, Doucette was a member of Canadian International Muzzle Loading Team. He was chosen to represent Canada as a member of a Canadian team to compete in the World Black Powder championship in Bisley, England. Doucette placed fourth in the 100 meter prone event. He also placed eleventh and eighteenth in two other events.
198X: President of the Southwestern Nova Scotia Muzzle Loading Association
Member and president of The Southwestern Nova Scotia Muzzle Loading Association, the largest of its kind in Nova Scotia.
Exact date(s) unknown. (From a newspaper clipping.)
1977: Won 1st Place at Speed Sport Atlantic Car Show
Doucette won four out of a possible five awards with his customized 1973 Chevy half ton truck at the 1977 Speed Sport Atlantic Car Show in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He won first place overall, best display overall, best interior, and outstanding custom awards. He also won a number of awards from the same show in 1976.
(From a newspaper clipping.)
