Gold River Pulp Mill

Gold River was developed in the late 1960s as an "instant" community to house the employees of a pulp mill built by Tahsis Company Ltd. First incorporated in 1965 as a district municipality, it was soon reincorporated as a village. In February 1999 the village received a major blow when its reason for existence (the pulp mill) was closed after ...

Bill worked at the Gold River Pulp Mill from 1969 to 1995. Upon his early retirement Bill & Sharlene moved back to the Comox Valley. Bill was an avid golfer, fisherman, craftsman, photographer & marksman. He was a member of the Sunnydale Golf & Country Club in Courtenay, Rod & Gun Club, Legion, Kinsman and was a Founding Member of the Gold ...

From 1967 to 1998, the town of Gold River on the west coast of Vancouver Island bustled with activity. Then the pulp and paper mill shut down and it became almost a ghost town. It's a tidy town, clean and organized, but there are not even enough people left to support a large grocery store.…

Family History. The Forbes family moved to Gold River in 1973 and started exploring and enjoying adjacent Nootka Sound. Cam Sr. was a steam engineer for the Gold River pulp mill, and he moved to Gold River with his wife Julie and their four children Cameron, Dean, Laura and Christy.

Gold Huasheng Paper Ningbo Zhonghua Paper JINHAI PULP & PAPER. Copy Right: Gold East Paper (Jiangsu)Co.,Ltd. 8 Xing Gang Dong RD., Dagang, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, China, 212132. …

Carlson Construction Group has partnered to acquire the former Gold River pulp and paper mill site in Gold River, British Columbia. It is now doing business as …

Gold River, with a population of over 1300 people is located adjacent to Strathcona Park at the end of Hwy. 28, 89km from Campbell River. Gold River was named by the Spaniards in the 1700s. Built in 1965 to service a community dependent on the newly built pulp mill, Gold River was the first town in Canada to have all underground wiring.

A second way to prevent mill closures is to encourage producers to add more value to our pulp and paper products. BC paper companies have been earning profits in 1998, while those firms focused on pulp have not. (A tragedy of the Gold River story is that the mill had a paper machine a decade earlier, which was taken apart and sold.)

Gold River, with a population of over 1,300, is located just past the west boundary of Strathcona Park, at the end of Hwy 28, 89km from Campbell River. Gold River was named by the Spaniards in the 1700s. Built in 1965 to service a community dependent on a newly built pulp mill, Gold River was the first town in Canada to have all underground wiring.

He also worked at the Gold River BC Pulp Mill for 4 years prior to that. He served five years in the Canadian Air Force at an early age. Additionally, Ken …

Gold River, B.C. -. A new land-based steelhead fish farm is being proposed in Gold River at the site of a former pulp and paper mill that closed in the `90s. Ushered by Gold River Aquafarms, the ...

Auction CurrencyCAD Auction Location Gold River Highway, Gold River, British Columbia, V3W 6Y2, Canada Auction Details Pulp mill stores to include large quantities of new motors, reducers, mill parts, equipment parts, welding shop, hand tools , bearings, pallet racking and …

The Bowater pulp mill in Gold River ceased operations in February 1999. In 1964 the Tahsis company began building a 750 ton-a-day bleached kraft pulp-mill at the mouth of Gold River, because of the flat delta land, the deep-sea access …

Gold River still reinventing its economy 20 years after mill closed. Logging is the main employer in Vancouver Island's Gold River following the closure of the pulp and paper mill …

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Avenor Gold River Newsprint mill in Vancouver, B.C., in the mid-1990s.The Gold River mill went bankrupt soon afterwards, and Fletcher Challenge of Australia bought the machine, subsequently selling it in 1999 to Donohue, who planned to rebuild and upgrade it for valued-added pro-duction at Lufkin.When Abitibi-Consolidated acquired

Family History. The Forbes family moved to Gold River in 1973 and started exploring and enjoying adjacent Nootka Sound. Cam Sr. was a steam engineer for the Gold River pulp mill, and he moved to Gold River with his wife Julie and their four children Cameron, Dean, Laura and Christy.

Analysts question if the mill is worth saving, saying the closing of Gold River will lower capacity and offer relief to rock-bottom pulp prices. That is little consolation for the tiny coastal community, where almost 400 of the town’s 2000 residents work at the mill.

Gold River, BC - A new land-based steelhead fish farm is being proposed in Gold River at the site of a former pulp and paper mill that closed in the ‘90s. Ushered by Gold River Aquafarms, the ...

Pulp and Paper Mills. While lumber was and is a vital part of the forestry industry, pulp and paper mills increased in importance in the 20th century due to global demand. By the 1930s both Powell River and Ocean Falls were important producers of pulp. By 1951, Prince Rupert, Duncan Bay, Port Alberni, Marmac and Victoria added pulp and paper ...

“The owners are quite keen on this project, and of course, all of Gold River is very keen for many reasons,” he said. The project has the potential to help reinvent Gold River, which lost its pulp and paper mill in 1998, by creating 75 to 100 jobs and generating tax revenue, both directly and indirectly, said Mayor Brad Unger.

The District of Gold River was incorporated on August 26, 1965 and reincorporated as the Village Municipality of Gold River on January 1, 1972. Taking advantage of its deep water and abundant forests, the Village of Gold River developed as a prototypical logging and pulp…

A new land-based steelhead fish farm is being proposed in Gold River at the site of a former pulp and paper mill that closed in the ‘90s. Ushered by Gold River Aquafarms, the development project would be a “win” for the small Vancouver Island village, said Gold River Mayor Brad Unger. “We haven’t had a major economic development push for a long time,” he said.

VICTORIA, B. C., Oct. 26 (Canadian Press)—A $60 million pulp mill will be built at Gold River on the west coast of Vancouver Island by the Tahsis Company, Ltd., Permier W. A. C, Bennett ...

Alliance Forest Products Inc. approves deinked pulp expansion at newsprint mill July 2000 Alliance Forest Products Inc. will invest $113 million to expand its recycled fiber facility at Coosa, Ala.

Yves took charge of Resolute in February 2018 just as the company achieved a 76% reduction in absolute GHG emissions compared to 2000 levels. He initiated a $29 million project at the Thunder Bay (Ontario) pulp and paper mill, including $14.7 million to reduce the mill’s annual GHG emissions by over 20%, as well as a $61 million strategic investment plan at the Saint-Félicien (Quebec) pulp ...

“The owners are very enthusiastic about the project, and obviously the Gold River is very interesting for a number of reasons,” he said. Mayor Brad Inger said the project could help restore the Gold River, which lost its pulp and paper mill in 1998, by creating 75 to 100 jobs and generating tax revenue, directly and indirectly. Either way.

leak at the Gold River pulp mill, Gold River, BC forced a mill shutdown. The deceased was in the process of shutting a valve beneath a molten sulphur storage tank, when the bottom cone section of the tank fell out, covering him in molten sulphur and sweeping him off the catwalk platform ...

Family History. The Forbes family moved to Gold River in 1973 and started exploring and enjoying adjacent Nootka Sound. Cam Sr. was a steam engineer for the Gold River pulp mill, and he moved to Gold River with his wife Julie and their four children Cameron, Dean, Laura and Christy.

In February 1999, the Company permanently closed its Gold River pulp mill in British Columbia, which had been closed due to market conditions since August 1998. Information regarding the Company's acquisition of Avenor is incorporated herein by reference to pages 24-25 and 37-38 of the Company's Annual Report.

Gold River is a village municipality located close to the ... Gold River developed in 1967 as a prototypical logging and pulp and paper industry community. Gold River quickly sprang into prosperity and established excellent community facilities. When shifting world markets brought the mill closure in 1998, many of Gold River's inhabitants were ...

“The owners are quite keen on this project, and of course, all of Gold River is very keen for many reasons,” he said. The project has the potential to help reinvent Gold River, which lost its pulp and paper mill in 1998, by creating 75 to 100 jobs and generating tax revenue, both directly and indirectly, said Mayor Brad Unger.

Family History. The Forbes family moved to Gold River in 1973 and started exploring and enjoying adjacent Nootka Sound. Cam Sr. was a steam engineer for the Gold River pulp mill, and he moved to Gold River with his wife Julie and their four children Cameron, Dean, Laura and Christy.

The pulp mill was Gold River’s primary employer, directly employing over one-third of the community’s workforce and was responsible for 82 per cent of the municipal tax base. The mill closure resulted in the loss of 380 direct and 150 indirect jobs. In total almost 1,000 residents were affected by the mill closure, or one-half of the ...

The Stamish Chief at the Tahsis Co. Gold River Pulp Mill with big chip barges behind. (Photo from the Steve McBeath collection. ) The Stamish Chief was the first tug I ran as skipper in 1972. She was a McLaren & Co. design built in 1952 by Allied Shipbuilders Ltd. in Vancouver BC. In 1952 she was owned by Cowdell Towing Ltd., Squamish BC.

The Gold River pulp mill went under in 1999, but WFP operates a tree farm license in the area and is active (in a small way) at the mill site. Installation: This scenery enhancement was designed to be used with Orbx's FTX NA Blue Pacific Northwest (PNW). To install the scenery.

Mills assigned all its timber licenses to the Tahsis ... East Asiatic was considering building a pulp mill that would cost close to $100 million dollars and would take twenty years to show profit. The operations ... to Gold River was opened to the public in 1972, attracting new families.