The initial investments were used to build a sawmill on the south shore of Red Deer Lake.
In the winter, once a snowpack was established, horse-drawn sleighs could be used to transport the cut logs from the fall down to piles on the nearest riverbanks.
The company owned a steamboat for transporting workers around the lake, and up and down the river, and various other barges known as "wangans" or "wannigans."
The wannigans had flat bottoms for navigating shallow rivers, and a house in the centre with a kitchen and storage.
Most of the lumber produced at Red Deer Lake was exported to the United States, but this practice stopped once the US closed their border to Canadian lumber, and this border closure was one of the factors that eventually led to the downfall of the company.