Fonds 2001.26 - Northwood Pulp and Timber Ltd. fonds

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Northwood Pulp and Timber Ltd. fonds

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UNBC 2001.26

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4.75 m graphic and other material

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Northwood Pulp was established in 1961 when Canadian corporation, Noranda Mines Limited, diversified into the British Columbia forest industry. Partnering with the Mead Corporation of Dayton, Ohio, Noranda Mines Ltd. purchased the Sinclair and Upper Fraser Sawmills, both east of Prince George. After the purchase of these two sawmills, as well as the proliferation of others, there became an excess of waste wood products generated by milling in the central interior of British Columbia. To meet this specific waste reduction need, and to expand into a new wood fibre market, the Mead Corporation and Noranda Mines built Northwood Pulp Mill in 1964-1965. Northwood Pulp Mill was, and still is, a processing plant dedicated to the conversion of waste wood chips to pulp and paper products. - In 1980-1981 an expansion was added to the mill which effectively doubled Northwood's capacity for the making of pulp kraft paper from waste wood chips. - In 1999, the Canadian Forest Products (a.k.a. Canfor) acquired all of the shares of Northwood Inc.; a purchase which included the Northwood Pulp Mill, Prince George Sawmill, North Central Plywoods, Rustad, Houston and Upper Fraser operations, the Kyahwood Forest Products joint venture and J.D. Little Forest Centre. This acquisition gave Canfor the unique designation of being Canada's largest producer of softwood lumber and kraft market pulp. - In February 2006 Canfor effectively separated its pulp business from its wood products business; a strategic move which resulted in the transfer of its northern softwood kraft pulp and paper business, including its Northwood Pulp Mill, Intercontinental Pulp Mill and Prince George Pulp and Paper Mill, together with associated management and employees (now referred to as the Pulp Income Trust) to an indirectly owned limited partnership known as the Canfor Pulp Limited Partnership.

Custodial history

This fonds was created by the Public Relations Department of Northwood Pulp and Timber, Ltd. In 1999 Bill Theessen (Public Relations Manager) and his assistant, Patty Stewart (Employee Relations) transferred this material to Dr. Greg Halseth and the Geography Department at the University of Northern British Columbia in an effort to assist their research towards the "Upper Fraser Historical Geography Project" (see <a href="http://web.unbc.ca/upperfraser/" target="_blank"> http://web.unbc.ca/upperfraser/</a> for more information). The Northern BC Archives & Special Collections then acquired this fonds via an intra-university transfer in 2001, and it was officially donated in 2005.

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This fonds consists of 14,764 color, and black & white photographs and negatives either loose or in photo albums ; 3,616 color slides ; 35cm of sound and moving images (including 3 - 16mm color films, 3 mini DVs, 6 CDs, and 19 VHS video cassettes); and 1.26m of textual records.

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Item level descriptions available for most graphic material.<br /><a href="http://library.unbc.ca/UNBCArchives/archDisplay/fondMain.aspx?id=30&str=Northwood%20Pulp%20and%20Timber%20Ltd.%20fonds">Online Finding Aid</a>

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