Sawmill Dream Cut Short
UrbexGal
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UrbexGal
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Balfour-Canfor Sawmill
Abandoned Industrial, Mill/Foundry in Taylor, British Columbia, Canada
Oct 22 2024
| Recent status | Abandoned |
| Location # | 20965 |
Hazards of Balfour-Canfor Sawmill
Neighbours - Tracks running along the building/property are still active
Sharp Objects - There's some rubble on the floor and rebar/old metal sticking up in some areas
Plants - Area around the building is never upkept, it is a gravel road that turns into a dirt path that takes you to the building
History of Balfour-Canfor Sawmill
March 11, 1969 - Malvinder Grewall, President and managing director of Commonwealth Papermills of Manitoba Ltd. and Commonwealth Lumber and Paper Mills of BC Ltd. announced the building plan of the $2,000,000,000 sawmill
Grewall said in an interview with the Alaska Highway News that construction is slated to begin on or before May 1st, weather permitting. "During its construction the mill will employ approximately 30 men. Once finished, however, it will provide jobs for 150." It is due to be in operation by November 30th and Grewall said as many local men as possible will be hired.
The mill required eight million cubic feet of annual timber commitment. As one of the terms of its establishment, the mill had also agreed to sell its chips on a first refusal basis to Northwood Pulpmills of Prince George. The mill had, as well, a five-year lumber sale agreement with Balfour Guthrie (Canada Ltd.) who will act as its marketing agent. This agreement covers a production of 40 million board feet of lumber per year. On top of this, Grewall said the mill will be cutting an additional 10 million board feet per year for local consumption.
In 1981, Canfor purchased the Taylor Sawmill from Balfour in the same year but closed the mill shortly thereafter and used its timber tenure to supply the current Fort St. John mill and has sat empty ever since.
1989 - Canfor acquires all of the shares of Balfour Forest Products Inc.
History was difficult to find on this mill as canfor has multiple saw/pulp mills in the area both active and inactive. If any info above sounds incorrect please comment!
This remaining sawmill building is completely gutted and there is not much left to it.
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