EXHIBIT 4.13

THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTUREdated as of December 1, 2001
at 12:01 am (the Third Supplemental Indenture)by and between (1) Abitibi-Consolidated Inc. (Abitibi-Consolidated),a corporation organized under the laws of Canada, (2) Abitibi-Consolidated Finance
L.P. (Finance L.P.), a limited partnership formed under the laws of the State of Delaware, (3) Abitibi-Consolidated Company of Canada (ACCC) (formerly known as Donohue Forest Products Inc.
(DFP)), a company organized under the laws of Quebec, (4) Abitibi-Consolidated General Partnership (ACGP), a general partnership formed under the laws of Quebec, and (5) The Bank of Nova Scotia Trust
Company of New York, as trustee (Trustee), to the Indenture dated as of July 26, 1999 (the Indenture),between Abitibi-Consolidated, Finance L.P. and the Trustee, as supplemented by (i) that certain
First Supplemental Indenture dated as of September 1, 2001 (the First Supplemental Indenture)between (1) Abitibi-Consolidated, (2) Finance L.P., (3) ACGP, and (4) the Trustee; and (ii) that certain
Second Supplemental Indenture dated as of October 1, 2001 (the Second Supplemental Indenture)between (1) Abitibi-Consolidated, (2) Finance L.P., (3) ACGP, (4) DFP (now ACCC), and (5) the Trustee.
Unless otherwise defined herein, all capitalized terms used in this Third Supplemental Indenture have the respective meanings set forth in the Indenture, as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture and the Second Supplemental Indenture.

WHEREASAbitibi-Consolidated has issued, the Trustee has authenticated and there have been delivered pursuant to the Indenture
US$1,650,000,000 aggregate principal amount of unsecured notes due 2005,2010, 2029 and 2030, respectively (the Securities);

WHEREAS pursuant to Section 9.1, the Indenture may be supplemented without the consent of any Holder, among other things: (i) to evidence the succession of another Person to an Obligor and its assumption of the covenants of
such Obligor in the Indenture and (ii) to surrender any right or power conferred upon an Obligor or make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the Indenture provided that such action not adversely affect the
interests of the Holders of Securities of any particular series in any material respect;

WHEREASall acts and proceedings required
by law and the Indenture to authorize, approve and constitute this Third Supplemental Indenture as a valid and binding agreement for the uses and purposes set forth herein, in accordance with its terms, have been done and taken, and the execution
and delivery of this Third Supplemental Indenture have in all respects been duly authorized by each of Abitibi-Consolidated, Finance L.P., ACGP and ACCC;

WHEREASDFP changed its name to ACCC on October 3, 2001;

WHEREASall of the shares in
the capital of ACCC are owned, directly or indirectly, by Abitibi-Consolidated;

WHEREASACCC is the sole partner of ACGP;

WHEREASon the date hereof, all of the assets of ACGP will be distributed to ACCC and ACCC will assume all of ACGPs
liabilities, as evidenced by a Distribution Agreement to be dated as of the date hereof; and

WHEREAS the foregoing recitals are
made as representations or statements of fact by each of Abitibi-Consolidated, Finance L.P., ACGP and ACCC and not by the Trustee.



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NOW, THEREFOREin consideration of the foregoing and for good and valuable consideration, the
receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, Abitibi-Consolidated, Finance L.P., ACGP, ACCC and the Trustee hereby agree as follows:



|1. | Pursuant to Section 8.2, ACCC, formerly known under the name Donohue Forest Products Inc., hereby succeeds to and is substituted for, and may exercise every right
and power of, ACGP under the Indenture, as supplemented, with the same effect as if ACCC had been named as obligor in lieu and place of ACGP under the Indenture as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture and the Second Supplemental
Indenture and hereafter, ACGP shall, effective upon the distribution of all of its assets to ACCC, be relieved of all obligations and covenants under the Indenture, as supplemented, the Securities and any Guarantees, as the case may be.
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|2. | This Third Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original, and all of such counterparts shall
together constitute one and the same instrument.
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|3. | Except as expressly amended hereby, the Indenture, as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture and the Second Supplemental Indenture, is in all respects ratified and
confirmed and all the terms, conditions and provisions thereof shall remain in full force and effect, except as to ACGPs assumption of liability as joint and several co-obligor under the First Supplemental Indenture, ACGP being hereby
relieved, effective upon the distribution of all of its assets to ACCC, of all such obligations and covenants pursuant to the provisions of Section 8.2 of the Indenture, as supplemented.
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|4. | In case any provision in this Third Supplemental Indenture shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall
not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
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|5. | If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with a provision of the Trust Indenture Act that is required under such Act to be a part of and govern this Third Supplemental
Indenture, such required provision shall control. If any provision hereof modifies or excludes any provision of the Trust Indenture Act that may be so modified or excluded, the latter provision shall be deemed to apply to this Third Supplemental
Indenture as so modified or shall be excluded, as the case may be.
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|6. | This Third Supplemental Indenture shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York without regard to principles of conflicts of laws rules
thereof.
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|7. | All provisions of this Third Supplemental Indenture shall be deemed to be incorporated in, and made a part of, the Indenture, as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture and
Second Supplemental Indenture and the Indenture, as amended and supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, the Second Supplemental Indenture and this Third Supplemental Indenture, shall be read, taken and construed as one and the same
instrument.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF,the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed, and their respective seals,
if any, to be hereunto affixed and attested, all as of the day and year first above written.



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|ABITIBI-CONSOLIDATED INC. |  | ABITIBI-CONSOLIDATED FINANCE L.P. By its General Partner ABITIBI-CONSOLIDATED NOVA SCOTIA INCORPORATED
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|Per:                      |  | LOGO                                                                                                   |  | Per:   |  | LOGO
|Name:                     |  |                                                                                                        |  | Name:  |  |     
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|Per:                      |  | LOGO                                                                                                   |  | Per:   |  | LOGO
|Name:                     |  |                                                                                                        |  | Name:  |  |     
|Title:                    |  |                                                                                                        |  | Title: |  |     



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|ABITIBI-CONSOLIDATED GENERAL PARTNERSHIP By its sole partner:  ABITIBI-CONSOLIDATED COMPANY OF CANADA |  | ABITIBI-CONSOLIDATED COMPANY OF CANADA
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| |  | THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK
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| |  |                                                   |  | Per:   |  | LOGO            
| |  |                                                   |  | Name:  |  | GEORGE E. TIMMES
| |  |                                                   |  | Title: |  | VICE PRESIDENT  
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| |  |                                                   |  | Name:  |  |                 
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