Résultats

      The first pulp and paper mill in Sturgeon Falls (1901-1902) was one of the earliest in Canada. It was built at the site of the present power house on the island in the Sturgeon River. Their two-machine newsprint mill had a capacity of about 23,000 tons of newsprint a year,(75 …

      Chargeur, Marten River, ON, 1994 / Jammer, Marten River, ON, 1994

      Scierie Giroux-Vézina Ltée, fondée par Maurice Giroux et Paul Vézina. L’ouverture officielle a eu lieu au début mai 1976. Elle a été en opération jusqu’au 6 avril 1992. / Giroux-Vézina Ltd was founded by Maurice Giroux and Paul Vézina. The official opening of sawmill took place in early may 1976. …

      Petite scierie de Paul Vézina, installée chez-lui, chemin Giroux-Vézina (autrefois Rang Double) à Field. La scierie fonctionne au moyen d’un moteur de scie tronçonneuse. Paul Vézina est ici accompagné de son fils Michel. / Paul Vézina’s mini-mill installed at his homestead on Giroux-Vézina Road in Field. Paul Vézina is here …

      Dernière année d’opération de la scierie Field Lumber, Field, ON, 1994 / Last year of operation of the Field Lumber sawmill, Field, ON, 1994

      Incendie de la Scierie Field Lumber le 17 juillet 1998. / Field Lumber fire, July 17, 1998.

      Après l’incendie de la Scierie Field Lumber, le 17 juillet 1998. / After the fire, at Field Lumber, July 17, 1998.

      Planeur de la scierie Field Lumber après la tornade, Field, ON, le 20 août 1970 / The Field Lumber planer after the tornado in Field, ON, August 20, 1970

      #2 generator in the powerhouse.

      Barrage hydro-électrique sur la Rivière Sturgeon, Sturgeon Falls. / Hydro Dam on the Sturgeon River, Sturgeon Falls. In the early days of paper making, the Sturgeon River water provided energy to mechanically operate grinders and other equipment.

      Photo prise en 2004 durant la démoliton du moulin Weyerhaeuser à Sturgeon Falls. / Photograph taken in 2004 during the demolition of the Weyerhaeuser Mill in Sturgeon Falls.

      The 2004 demolition process of the Weyerhaeuser mill started on the paint line building which once housed equipment to finish a successful siding line which was closed down in 1991. Transformers, transistors and other equipment was housed in the building which looks like a huge chimney jutting in the sky …

      Heavy construction equipment is knocking the Weyerhaeuser buildings. Weyerhaeuser was the last mill in a string of different owners since the turn of the last century on a site known as Abitibi along the Sturgeon River.

      Filling in the mill site with new earth. When the Weyerhaeuser mill was dismantled and taken away, trucks were kept busy restoring the earth to Ministry of the Environment standards.

      Environmental abatement was carried out in 2004 at the Weyerhaeuser site. The mill site was cleaned up from June to December of 2004.

      Paper was weighed and stamped with this equipment (notice weigh scale) in the front of the photo.

      The contractors removed asbestos, lead, mould, and fungus in addition to the environmental cleaning of the site. Much of the piping, pumps and other equipment was sold to other companies.

      Photograph of the Weyerhaeuser Mill taken in Sturgeon Falls in 2004 before its demolition. / Photo du moulin Weyerhaeuser prise à Sturgeon Falls en 2004 avant sa démolition.

      Shortly after the Canadian Pacific Railway pushed its way to Sturgeon Falls in 1882, investors began considering the building of a mill on the Sturgeon River where hydro could generated.

      Photo prise en 2004 durant la démoliton du moulin Weyerhaeuser à Sturgeon Falls. / Photograph taken in 2004 during the demolition of the Weyerhaeuser Mill in Sturgeon Falls.