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 was always dependant upon the Pulp Mill and the forest industry. Since the closure of the Pulp Mill in October 1998, Gold River has focused on rebuilding the community: Vancouver Island Highlands BC: The Highlands is a stunningly beautiful rural residential area just northwest of Victoria British Columbia Canada. It's blessed with an ...
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"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.
After his employment ended with the closure of the Pulp & Paper mill, he went on to be the Financial Secretary of the Gold River Future's Society, proudly served on two terms as a Village Councillor, three terms as the Mayor of Gold River, Craig was Chair of the Comox Valley Regional District, and the inaugural Chair of the Strathcona ...
The stress has been building for months in the Vancouver Island town of Gold River. This is the day the Bowater pulp mill, the town's biggest employer, hands out severance packages to more than ...
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 …
AbitibiBowater is a global leader in the forest products industry, producing a diverse range of products, including newsprint, commercial printing papers, market pulp and wood products. The Company owns or operates 18 pulp and paper mills and 24 wood products facilities located in the United States, Canada and South Korea.
In 1966, he moved back to Canada with Jean and 2 boys in tow and settled in Gold River to work in the pulp mill, with a third son arriving shortly thereafter. As a …
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 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.
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 …
On a nice clear day I can see when that pulp mill shoots out one big shot of smoke up into the air I can see that thirty-six miles away. And it looks like a mushroom. It looks like somebody dropping that atomic bomb on Gold River. That's the way it looks from way back there." Footnote 66. Community members feared especially for their children.
Bowater – Gold River decommissioning YEAR: 1999-2003 LOCATION: Gold River, British Columbia PROJECT: In 1999, LNA was mandated to permanently close the Bowater Gold River Pulp & Paper Mill located in Gold River B.C. (Vancouver Island).
Gold panning attracted Chinese miners into the traditional territory of the Mowachaht and Muchalaht peoples in the 1860s, and the name Gold River first appeared on maps in 1871. In the early 1960s the Tahsis company logged at the mouth of the river. In 1964 they began building a 750 ton-a-day bleached kraft pulp-mill there, because of the flat ...
That level was reached earlier than ever and persisted longer. My guess is the WSC gauge was installed in preparation for the soon to be built pulp mill at the mouth of the river. Pulp mills need assurance of adequate water supplies so it seems logical that was the rationale for gauging the stream, especially during the summer.
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 …
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.
One of the first employees of the Gold River Pulp Mill, he and his wife Flora arrived in the brand new community via gravel road in 1966 where they remained for 52 years. In 1975 he and two partners took a chance and started their own business, Gold River Maintenance & Supply, a business that grew and continues to thrive.
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/paper industry community.
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.…
Gold River Council Announcement. May 5, 2021 in Council. Council for the Village of Gold River are very pleased to announce the appointment of Michael (Mike) Roy, as our Chief Administrative Officer/ Corporate Officer. Mike has been the interim CAO since the resignation of Brad McRae and has been our Deputy Corporate Officer for the last 18 months.
In the early 1960s the Tahsis company logged at the mouth of the river. In 1964 they began building a 750 ton-a-day bleached kraft pulp-mill there, because of the flat delta land, the deep-sea access for oceangoing freighters, and the steady source of water.
Green Island, Gold River, Jewel, and the Crown April 10, 2003 at 2:30 pm | In yulelogStories | Comments Off on Green Island, Gold River, Jewel, and the Crown. A group of investors has purchased a former pulp mill on northern Vancouver Island and plans to turn it into an electrical generating plant.
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
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 development project would be a "win" for the small Vancouver Island village, said Gold River Mayor Brad Unger.
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.
Thunder Bay. Advertisement. In Thunder Bay, Ontario, Bowater operates the largest pulp and paper complex in the country, occupying 300 acres beside the Kaministiquia River. The manufacturing facilities include three paper machines, two kraft pulp mills, a recycling plant, a thermomechanical pulp mill (TMP), and secondary effluent treatment plants.
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 ...
Avenor Gold River Pulp Mill. Sep 1996 - Feb 19992 years 6 months. Avenor, Gold River Pulp.
The family moved to Gold River in 1984 and John continued his career with the Tahsis Company. In 1987, six months after having open heart surgery, John went to work for Bob Warwick at the pulp mill. He described Bob, who became his good friend, as the best boss he ever had.
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 ...
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 West Coast Marine Terminals. This Port is poised to transform British Columbia's West Coast by becoming vitally important to supporting burgeoning industry opportunities.
February 23, 1999 When the workers at the ill-fated Gold River pulp mill took their severance packages last week, it marked closure on a frustrating struggle to save the mill. The workers are now moving on and there is little point in continuing the polemic over the mill's viability or what government could or should have done.
A relatively young community, the Village of Gold River was founded in 1965 to service the pulp mill about five miles out of town. On the edge of Strathcona Park, Gold River, 91 kilometers west of Campbell River, boasts incredible scenery, fantastic fishing and amenities – such as its acclaimed Anne Fiddick Aquatic & Sports Centre – of much ...
Gold River's mill days are firmly in the rearview mirror, but decaying buildings from that era down the road from the village are a constant reminder that …
