Powell River Mill

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Powell River Mill
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Powell River Mill
Built1912 (1912)
Location Powell River, British Columbia, Canada
Coordinates 49°52′18″N124°33′29″W / 49.8718°N 124.5580°W / 49.8718; -124.5580 Coordinates: 49°52′18″N124°33′29″W / 49.8718°N 124.5580°W / 49.8718; -124.5580
Industry Pulp and paper
Products Paper
Employees441 (2014)
Owner(s) Catalyst Paper

Powell River Mill was a pulp mill and paper mill located in the Canadian town of Powell River, British Columbia. Part of Catalyst Paper, the mill has three paper machines which produce 469,000 tonnes of newsprint and uncoated fine paper. The mill had 441 employees as of 2014. [1]

The mill was established by The Powell River Company in 1912 as the first manufacturer of newsprint in Western Canada. [2] By 1913 it had two paper machines, and four by 1917. [3] The Powell River Company was merged into MacMillan Bloedel in 1960. Ownership passed to Pacifica Papers in 1998, which was again bought by Norske Skog Canada in 2001, becoming Catalyst Paper in 2005. Now closed permanently. [2]

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References

  1. "Our Mills: Powell River, BC" (PDF). Catalyst Paper. May 2014. Archived from the original on 9 November 2013. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  2. 1 2 "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.
  3. 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.