Major Primary Timber Processing Facilities in British Columbia 2001 Economics and Trade Branch Ministry of Forests Victoria, B.C. May 2002 Foreword This is the 2001 edition of the Ministry of Forests' Major Primary Timber Processing Facilities in British Columbia and refers to timber processing mills that have primary log processing capability and which operated during 2001. Coverage does not include re-manufacturing plants. Pulp and paper mills and panel plants are included in this report even though some do not have primary log processing capabilities. Reported information was gathered by surveying the individual processing mills. If a response was not submitted by a mill, mill specific information reported in trade publications, directories and corporate annual reports may have been used. In some cases Ministry of Forests staff provided estimates based on their knowledge of the operation and information reported in previous years. Where a mill produces more than one product (e.g. lumber and plywood; lumber and paper), it will be listed in the respective sections of the report. Mills that ceased operating part way through 2001 have been identified with an asterisk (*). This report is available free of charge on the Ministry of Forests’ Internet site at: http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/het/ Requests for copies of this report can be made to: Economics and Trade Branch Ministry of Forests P.O. Box 9514, Station Prov Gov, Victoria, B.C. V8W 9C2 FAX (250) 387-5050 Phone (250) 387-8610 [email protected] The report is updated annually. Any errors or omissions in this report should be communicated to one of the above locations. Acknowledgements The cooperation of mill personnel who responded directly to the Ministry of Forests’ survey is gratefully acknowledged. The important role played by Ministry of Forest regional and district staff in securing mill responses is also gratefully acknowledged. Blank Page Table of Contents PAGE Map of Forest Regions and Forest Districts ........................................... 2 Names of Forest Regions and Forest Districts....................................... 3 Chip Mills................................................................................................ 5 Log Home Mills....................................................................................... 7 Lumber Mills ........................................................................................... 11 Pole and Post Mills................................................................................. 23 Pulp and Paper Mills............................................................................... 27 Shake and Shingle Mills ......................................................................... 31 Veneer, Plywood, and Other Panel Mills ................................................ 35 Other Primary Processing Mills .............................................................. 39 Abbreviations for Products CHP - Chips PLP - Pulp CPST - Chopsticks PLY - Plywood GTR - Guitar SHG - Shingle LBR - Lumber SHK - Shake LVL - Laminated Veneer Lumber SS - Shake and Shingle MDF - Medium Density Fibreboard SSB - Shake & Shingle Blocks OSB - Oriented Strand Board PPR - Paper PNL - Panel VNR - Veneer 1 Map of Forest Regions and Forest Districts Regional Boundaries Fort Nelson Dease Lake District Boundaries Regional & District Offices Regional Office District Office District Sub Office Fort St. John Parks Hazelton Dawson Creek Mackenzie Terrace Smithers Fort St. James Houston Prince Rupert Burns Queen Lake Charlotte Vanderhoof City Prince George McBride Quesnel Hagensborg Alexis Creek Horsefly Williams Lake Clearwater 100 Mile House Golden Lillooet Revelstoke Port McNeill Salmon Arm Kamloops Campbell River Powell Invermere River Vernon Merritt Squamish Scale Penticton Cranbrook Port Alberni Castlegar Nelson Rosedale 50 0 50 100 150 200 kilometres Nanaimo Grand Forks Duncan Revised February, 2000 2 Names of Forest Regions and Forest Districts Cariboo Forest Region Prince George Forest Region Forest Districts Forest Districts 100 Mile House Dawson Creek Chilcotin Fort Nelson Horsefly Fort St. James Quesnel Fort St. John Williams Lake Mackenzie Prince George Robson Valley Vanderhoof Kamloops Forest Region Prince Rupert Forest Region Forest Districts Forest Districts Clearwater Bulkley-Cassiar Kamloops Kalum Lillooet Kispiox Merritt Lakes Penticton Morice Salmon Arm North Coast Vernon Nelson Forest Region Vancouver Forest Region Forest Districts Forest Districts Arrow Campbell River Boundary Chilliwack Columbia Mid Coast Cranbrook Port McNeill Invermere Queen Charlotte Kootenay Lake South Island Squamish Sunshine Coast 3 Blank Page 4 CHIP MILLS (Listed Alphabetically) Only mills that produce wood chips as a primary product are listed in this section. Notes: 1. Measurement units are in thousands of bone dry units (000 BDUs). 2. Estimated annual capacity is based on a standardized operation of 240 days per year, two 8 hour shifts per day, although actual mill operations may vary from this schedule. 5 CHIP MILLS - 2001 Estimated Annual Capacity Mill Forest Forest (000s of Number Company Location of Mill Region District BDUs) 243 Cache Creek Woodchips Ltd. Cache Creek Kamloops Kamloops 172.8 446 Campbell River Fibre Ltd. Campbell River Vancouver Campbell River 144.0 166 Canadian Forest Products Ltd. Prince George Prince George Prince George 192.0 193 Canadian Forest Products Ltd. Houston Prince Rupert Morice 60.0 16 Cascades West Forest Products Inc. Hatzic Vancouver Chilliwack 19.2 405 Doman Forest Products Ltd. Nanaimo Vancouver South Island 285.6 356 East Fraser Fibre Co Ltd. Mackenzie Prince George Mackenzie 120.0 538 Fraser Pulp Chips Ltd. Surrey Vancouver Chilliwack 14.4 605 Geo-Pacific Building Materials Sales Ltd. Sardis Vancouver Chilliwack 352.8 409 Howe Sound Pulp & Paper Ltd. Vancouver Vancouver Chilliwack 280.8 701 Jaco Enterprises Ltd. Williams Lake Cariboo Williams Lake 120.0 84 Louisiana Pacific Canada Ltd. Golden Nelson Columbia 12.0 422 North Peace Timber Ltd. Taylor Prince George Fort St John 110.4 241 Primex Fibre Ltd. Delta Vancouver Chilliwack 115.2 107 RFP Timber Ltd. Williams Lake Cariboo Williams Lake 28.8 68 Riverside Forest Products Ltd. Armstrong Kamloops Vernon 45.6 649 Skeena Cellulose Inc. Carnaby Prince Rupert Kispiox 151.2 240 Skeena Cellulose Inc. New Hazelton Prince Rupert Kispiox 206.4 394 Tolko Industries Ltd. Heffley Creek Kamloops Kamloops 72.0 191 West Fraser Mills Ltd. Smithers Prince Rupert Bulkley 122.4 183 West Fraser Mills Ltd. Terrace Prince Rupert Kalum 288.0 113 West Fraser Mills Ltd. Quesnel Cariboo Quesnel 28.8 534 West Fraser Mills Ltd.* Prince Rupert Prince Rupert North Coast 76.8 345 Weyerhaeuser Company Ltd. Deerholm Vancouver South Island 180.0 6 LOG HOME MILLS (Listed Alphabetically) Mills that process logs to manufacture log homes are listed in this section. A throughput capacity measurement is not as meaningful for log home mills as it is for other types of primary timber processing mills. Therefore this section does not include information pertaining to estimated annual capacity. 7 LOG HOME MILLS - 2001 Mill Forest Forest Number Company Location of Mill Region District 228 Arrowsmith Log Homes Ltd Parksville Vancouver South Island 190 Artisan Custom Log Construction Ltd. Ruskin Vancouver Chilliwack 458 Brian Moore Log Homes Ltd. Abbotsford Vancouver Chilliwack 604 Canadian Frontier Log Homes Ltd Kamloops Kamloops Kamloops 179 Canadian North Log Homes Inc. Abbotsford Vancouver Chilliwack 260 Canadian Walden Log Homes Ltd. Sardis Vancouver Chilliwack 208 Canalog Wood Industries Ltd Cranbrook Nelson Cranbrook 371 Cowichan Log Homes Ltd. Chemainus Vancouver South Island 212 Custom Log Homes Ltd. Salmon Arm Kamloops Salmon Arm 700 Durfeld Log Construction Ltd. Whistler Vancouver Squamish 469 Falcon Log Homes Ltd. 100 Mile House Cariboo 100 Mile House 333 Finlayson Log Homes Ltd. Penticton Kamloops Penticton 275 Granberg Construction Ltd. Kamloops Kamloops Kamloops 633 Grizzly Peak Log Homes Ltd. Grasmere Nelson Cranbrook 663 Hook's Ranches Ltd. Kamloops Kamloops Kamloops 522 Hudson's Hope Log Homes Ltd. Hudson's Hope Prince George Dawson Creek 216 Ideal Export Log Homes Ltd. Salmon Arm Kamloops Salmon Arm 524 Japan - Canadian Log Ark Ltd. Maple Ridge Vancouver Chilliwack 470 Keeko Log Homes Ltd. 100 Mile House Cariboo 100 Mile House 231 Leatherwood Log Homes Ltd. Mara Kamloops Salmon Arm 218 Maurer Construction Ltd. Penticton Kamloops Penticton 235 Mcmahan Log Hms & Assoc Ltd. Salmon Arm Kamloops Salmon Arm 270 Monashee Azekura Ltd. Lumby Kamloops Vernon 391 Morgan Log Homes Ltd. Hope Vancouver Chilliwack 220 Norse Log Homes Ltd. Lantzville Vancouver South Island 8 LOG HOME MILLS - 2001 Mill Forest Forest Number Company Location of Mill Region District 291 North American Log Crafters Ltd. Celista Kamloops Salmon Arm 273 Odermatt Log Home Manufacturing Ltd. Kamloops Kamloops Kamloops 379 Old Yale Log Homes Ltd. Sardis Vancouver Chilliwack 276 Patrick Log Homes Ltd. Kamloops Kamloops Kamloops 474 Pioneer Log Homes Ltd. Williams Lake Cariboo Williams Lake 61 Q C I Sawmills Ltd. Masset Vancouver Queen Charlotte 264 Quality Log Homes Ltd. Abbotsford Vancouver Chilliwack 698 R. Durfeld Log Construction Ltd. Williams Lake Cariboo Williams Lake 223 Radomske Log Homes Ltd Kelowna Kamloops Penticton 225 Rasmussen Log Homes Ltd. Okanagan Falls Kamloops Penticton 473 Reko Log Homes Ltd. Quesnel Cariboo Quesnel 509 Ski Lumber Ltd. Valemount Prince George Robson