I have been doing a little bit of research on hemlock. I don't know anything about it, because it is not often found here. I have cut it up for firewood once in a great while, and was not that impressed with it. I have found two sources on it's rot resistance. They are conflicting....
http://www.fpl.fs.fed.us/documnts/usda/amwood/239hemlo.pdf http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/cs/groups/public/documents/document/dcnr_009327.pdf Perhaps someone else out there has experience with hemlock????
