Elk Falls Mill

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Elk Falls Mill
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Location of Elk Falls Mill
Built1952 (1952)
Location Campbell River, British Columbia, Canada
Coordinates 50°04′16″N125°16′57″W / 50.0711°N 125.2825°W / 50.0711; -125.2825 Coordinates: 50°04′16″N125°16′57″W / 50.0711°N 125.2825°W / 50.0711; -125.2825
Industry Pulp and paper
Products Newsprint
Defunct2010 (2010)

Elk Falls Mill was a pulp mill and paper mill located in the Canadian town of Campbell River, British Columbia, operating between 1952 and 2010. At the end of its life, the mill had three paper machines, with a combined annual production of 373,000 tonnes of newsprint and 153,000 tonnes specialized papers. [1]

The mill was established by Crown Zellerbach in 1952 as the first newsprint mill on Vancouver Island. This was made possible through the construction of hydroelectric generating stations on the Campbell River. [2] Crown Zellerbach was bought by Fletcher Challenge in 1981, becoming Crown Forest Industries. It merged in 1987 to form Fletcher Challenge Canada. This was again bought by Norske Skog in 2000 and became part of their Canadian division, which became Catalyst Paper in 2005. Elk Falls Mill was closed in 2010 due to diminishing demand for newsprint. [3] It is the site of Island Generating Station, a natural gas-fired fossil-fuel power station.

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References

  1. "Our Mills: Elk Falls, BC" (PDF). Catalyst Paper. May 2014. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 July 2015. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  2. Christie, Doug (1 January 2004). "Looking West: Historical Overview of the Industry in BC". Pulp and Paper Canada. Archived from the original on 9 July 2015. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  3. "Our history: Over a century of papermaking" (PDF). Catalyst Paper. January 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 July 2015. Retrieved 9 July 2015.