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                                                                 Exhibit 10.40.1

                                Credit Agreement

                          dated as of October 26, 2001

                                    Between:

                      BOWATER CANADIAN FOREST PRODUCTS INC.
                                  (as Borrower)

                              BOWATER INCORPORATED
                                 (as Guarantor)

                             THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA
                            (as Administrative Agent)

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                           THE BANKS FROM TIME TO TIME
                                 PARTIES THERETO

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                            FIRST AMENDING AGREEMENT

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                              MCCARTHY TETRAULT LLP
                                   (Montreal)

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                                                                  EXECUTION COPY

                            FIRST AMENDING AGREEMENT
                 (CREDIT AGREEMENT DATED AS OF OCTOBER 26, 2001)
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                  THIS AGREEMENT is made as of October 18, 2002, between BOWATER
CANADIAN FOREST PRODUCTS INC. (formerly Bowater Pulp and Paper Canada Inc.), a
corporation duly amalgamated and validly existing under the Canada Business
Corporations Act (the "Borrower"), BOWATER INCORPORATED, a corporation duly
organized and validly existing under the General Corporation Law of the State of
Delaware (the "Guarantor") and THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA ("ScotiaBank"), as
administrative agent, and each of the Banks (as defined in the Credit Agreement
referred to below) party hereto.

                                    RECITALS

         A. The Borrower, the Guarantor, various financial institutions, as
lenders, and ScotiaBank, as administrative agent, have entered into a credit
agreement dated as of October 26, 2001 (the "Canadian Credit Agreement")
providing for a 364-day revolving credit facility in the principal amount of US
$100,000,000.

         B. Pursuant to the Canadian Credit Agreement, the Guarantor has
guaranteed the prompt payment in full when due of the Guaranteed Obligations (as
defined in the Canadian Credit Agreement).

         C. The Borrower and the Guarantor, together with various subsidiaries
of the Guarantor, each as a borrower, various financial institutions as lenders,
and JPMorgan Chase Bank, as administrative agent, have entered into a credit
agreement dated as of May 22, 2002 (the "US Credit Agreement") providing for a
revolving credit facility and term loans in an aggregate principal amount of US
$800,000,000.

         D. The parties wish to amend the Canadian Credit Agreement in order to
(i) provide for an extension of the Revolving Credit Termination Date (as
defined therein), (ii) revise the margins for the calculation of interest rates
and the rates at which facility fees are calculated, (iii) reflect the
acquisition of Alliance Forest Products Inc. and the amalgamation of Bowater
Canadian Forest Products Inc. and Bowater Pulp and Paper Canada Inc., (iv)
enable the anticipated structured receivables financing for the Guarantor and
its Wholly Owned Subsidiary, Bowater America, Inc., and (v) conform certain
covenants and events of default of the Canadian Credit Agreement to the
provisions of the US Credit Agreement.

                  THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for good and
valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are acknowledged, the
parties have made and entered into this Agreement.

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                                   ARTICLE 1
                                 INTERPRETATION

1.1      DEFINED TERMS AND EXPRESSIONS

         Unless such terms or expressions are defined differently, capitalized
terms and expressions used in this Agreement and defined in the Canadian Credit
Agreement have the respective meanings given to them in the Canadian Credit
Agreement.

1.2      FORM OF CERTAIN AMENDMENTS

         For convenience, the parties have agreed to indicate certain amendments
in the Canadian Credit Agreement as follows. Words or other provisions that they
wish to add are denoted using bold-faced, double-underlined text. Words or other
provisions that they wish to delete are denoted by striking lines through such
words or provisions.

                                   ARTICLE 2
                                   AMENDMENTS

2.1      EXTENSION OF REVOLVING CREDIT TERMINATION DATE

         The definition of the term "Revolving Credit Termination Date" in
section 1.01 of the Canadian Credit Agreement is amended as follows:

                  ""Revolving Credit Termination Date" shall mean October 24,
         2003, as such date may from time to time be extended as provided in
         Section 2.09 hereof".

2.2      REFERENCES TO US CREDIT AGREEMENT

                  The definition of the term "US Revolving Term Credit
Agreement" in section 1.01 of the Canadian Credit Agreement is amended as
follows and the necessary consequential amendments are made throughout the
Canadian Credit Agreement:

                  ""US Credit Agreement" shall mean Credit Agreement dated as of
         May 22, 2002 among the Guarantor and each of the subsidiaries of the
         Guarantor designated as "Subsidiary Borrowers" thereunder, as
         borrowers, each of the lenders that is a signatory thereto and JPMorgan
         Chase Bank, as administrative agent, as same may be amended,
         supplemented or otherwise modified or replaced from time to time".

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2.3      APPLICABLE MARGIN

         The definition of the term "Applicable Margin" in section 1.01 of the
Canadian Credit Agreement is amended as follows:

                  ""Applicable Margin" shall mean:

                  (a) with respect to US Base Rate Loans and Cdn Prime Rate
                  Loans, the rate for such Loans for each rating level period
                  set forth in the schedule below:

                                Rating          US Base Rate Loans
                                ------          and Cdn Prime Rate Loans
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                           Level I Period                     0.000%
                           Level II Period                    0.000%
                           Level III Period                   0.000%
                           Level IV Period                    0.150%
                           Level V Period                     0.450%

                  (b) with respect to all other Loans, the rate for such Loans
                  for each rating level period set forth in the schedule below:

                                Rating                     Other Loans
                                ------
                           Level I Period                    0.400%
                           Level II Period                   0.500%
                           Level III Period                  0.950%
                           Level IV Period                   1.150%
                           Level V Period                    1.450%

                  Any change in the Applicable Margin for any Loan by reason of
         a change in the Standard & Poor's Rating or the Moody's Rating shall
         become effective on the date two Business Days after the announcement
         or publication by the respective rating agencies of a change in such
         rating or, in the absence of such announcement or publication, two
         Business Days after the effective date of such changed rating. If no
         Standard & Poor's Rating or no Moody's Rating is available, such rating
         will be deemed to be in Level V. If the rating system of Moody's or
         Standard & Poor's shall change, or if either such rating agency shall
         cease to be in the business of rating corporate debt obligations, the
         Borrower, the Guarantor and the Banks shall negotiate in good faith to
         amend the provisions of this Agreement to reflect such changed rating
         system or the unavailability of ratings from such rating agency and,
         pending the effectiveness of any such amendment, the Applicable Margin
         shall be determined by reference to the rating most recently in effect
         prior to such change or cessation."

2.4      FACILITY FEES

         Section 2.04(a) of the Canadian Credit Agreement is amended as follows:

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                  "(a) The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent for
         the account of each Bank a facility fee on the amount of such Bank's
         Commitment as then in effect, for the period from and including the
         date of this Agreement to but not including the earlier of the date
         such Commitment is terminated and the Revolving Credit Termination
         Date, at a rate per annum equal to (i) 0.100% during any Level I
         Period, (ii) 0.125% during any Level II Period, (iii) 0.175% during any
         Level III Period, (iv) 0.225% during any Level IV Period and (v) 0.300%
         during any Level V Period; provided that if such Bank continues to have
         a Loan outstanding after such Bank's Commitment terminates, then such
         facility fee shall continue to accrue on the daily aggregate principal
         amount of Loans of such Bank from and including the date on which its
         Commitment terminates to but excluding the date on which such Bank
         ceases to have any Loans outstanding. Accrued facility fees shall be
         payable on each Quarterly Date, on the Maturity Date and on the earlier
         of the date the Commitments are terminated and the Revolving Credit
         Termination Date. Any change in a facility fee by reason of a change in
         the Standard & Poor's Rating or the Moody's Rating shall become
         effective on the date two Business Days after the date of announcement
         or publication by the respective rating agencies of a change in such
         rating or, in the absence of such announcement or publication, on the
         date two Business Days after the effective date of such changed
         rating."

2.5      ALLIANCE FOREST PRODUCTS INC.

         The definitions of the terms "Alliance," "Alliance Arrangement" and
"Alliance Arrangement Agreement" in Section 1.01 of the Canadian Credit
Agreement are deleted and the necessary consequential amendments are made
throughout the Canadian Credit Agreement.

2.6      BOWATER GROUP

         The following definition is added at the appropriate place in section
1.01 of the Canadian Credit Agreement based on the alphabetical ordering of the
definitions in the section:

                  ""Bowater Group" shall mean, collectively, the Guarantor and
         each of its Subsidiaries other than any Receivables Entity and any
         Subsidiary of any Receivables Entity."

2.7      CONSOLIDATED NET WORTH

         The definition of the term "Consolidated Net Worth" in section 1.01 of
the Canadian Credit Agreement is amended as follows:

                  ""Consolidated Net Worth" shall mean, as at any date, the sum,
         for the Guarantor and its Consolidated Subsidiaries (determined on a
         consolidated basis without duplication in accordance with GAAP), of the
         following:

                  (a) the amount of common stock, plus

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                  (b) the amount of any Preferred Stock, plus

                  (c) the amount of additional paid-in capital and retained
                  earnings (or, in the case of an additional paid-in capital or
                  retained earnings deficit, minus the amount of such deficit),
                  plus

                  (d) equity adjustments from (i) foreign currency translations
                  (ii) minimum pension liability adjustments, (iii) unrealized
                  gain/(loss) on hedged transactions and (iv) any other items of
                  accumulated other comprehensive income (or deficit) (in each
                  case of the foregoing clauses (i) through (iv), in the case of
                  negative adjustments, minus the amount of such adjustments),
                  it being understood that such adjustments are to be
                  recharacterized in accordance with FASB Statement No. 130 as
                  accumulated other comprehensive income (or deficit), minus

                  (e) the unpaid principal amount of the loan (if any) to the
                  Guarantor's Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), minus

                  (f) the cost of treasury stock."

2.8      CONSOLIDATED SUBSIDIARY

         The definition of the term "Consolidated Subsidiary" in section 1.01 of
the Canadian Credit Agreement is amended as follows:

                  ""Consolidated Subsidiary" shall mean, for any Person, each
         Subsidiary of such Person (whether now existing or hereafter created or
         acquired) the financial statements of which shall be (or should have
         been) consolidated with the financial statements of such Person in
         accordance with GAAP, excluding in any event any Receivables Entity and
         any QSPE."

2.9      DEFINITIONS OF EQUITY, SUBORDINATED DEBT AND NET WORTH

         The definitions of the terms "Equity," "Subordinated Debt" and "Net
Worth," respectively, in section 1.01 of the Canadian Credit Agreement are
deleted.

2.10     INDEBTEDNESS

         The definition of the term "Indebtedness" in section 1.01 of the
Canadian Credit Agreement is amended as follows:

                  ""Indebtedness" shall mean, for any Person: (i) obligations
         created, issued or incurred by such Person for borrowed money (whether
         by loan, the issuance and sale of debt securities or the sale of
         Property to another Person subject to an understanding or agreement,
         contingent or otherwise, to repurchase such Property from such Person);
         (ii) obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase or
         acquisition price of Property or services, other than trade accounts
         payable (other than for borrowed money) arising, and accrued expenses
         incurred, in the ordinary

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         course of business, so long as such trade accounts payable are payable
         within 90 days of the date the respective goods are delivered or the
         respective services are rendered; (iii) Indebtedness of others secured
         by a Lien on the Property of such Person, whether or not the respective
         Indebtedness so secured has been assumed by such Person; (iv)
         obligations (contingent or otherwise) of such Person in respect of
         letters of credit or similar instruments issued or accepted by banks
         and other financial institutions for account of such Person; (v)
         Capital Lease Obligations of such Person; and (vi) Indebtedness of
         others Guaranteed by such Person; and (vii) any obligation of such
         Person in respect of transactions commonly referred to in commercial
         settings as an "accounts receivable securitization."

2.11     MATERIAL INDEBTEDNESS

         The definition of the term "Material Indebtedness" in section 1.01 of
the Canadian Credit Agreement is amended as follows:

                  ""Material Indebtedness" shall mean Indebtedness (other than
         the Loans), or obligations in respect of one or more Interest Rate
         Protection Agreements, of the Guarantor and its Subsidiaries (other
         than a QSPE) in an aggregate principal amount exceeding US$50,000,000.
         For purposes of determining Material Indebtedness, the "principal
         amount" of the obligations of any Person in respect of any Interest
         Rate Protection Agreement at any time shall be the maximum aggregate
         amount (giving effect to any netting requirements) that such Person
         would be required to pay if such Interest Rate Protection Agreement
         were terminated at such time."

2.12     MINORITY INTEREST

         The following definition is added at the appropriate place in section
1.01 of the Canadian Credit Agreement based on the alphabetical ordering of the
definitions in the section:

                  ""Minority Interests" shall mean, as at any date, the amount
         of minority interests of the Guarantor and its Consolidated
         Subsidiaries (determined on a consolidated basis without duplication in
         accordance with GAAP)."

2.13     PERMITTED SECURITIZATION

         The following definition is added at the appropriate place in section
1.01 of the Canadian Credit Agreement based on the alphabetical ordering of the
definitions in the section:

                  ""Permitted Securitization" shall mean any transaction or
         series of transactions that may be entered into by any member of the
         Bowater Group and/or a Receivables Entity of a type that is commonly
         referred to in commercial settings as an "accounts receivable
         securitization" and that involves the sale, conveyance or other
         transfer (whether through a sale of stock, membership interests or
         assets), the grant of a security interest in, the issuance of
         securities backed by, or any similar transaction involving

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         accounts receivables (whether now existing or arising in the future) of
         any member of the Bowater Group and/or a Receivables Entity, and any
         Related Accounts Receivable Assets; provided that a transaction shall
         only be considered to be a Permitted Securitization to the extent (and
         up to the extent) that, after giving effect to the proposed
         transaction, the aggregate outstanding face amount of the Indebtedness
         (excluding any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to any subordinated note
         issued by the Receivables Entity to the member of the Bowater Group who
         originated the accounts receivable as a portion of the purchase price
         therefor (herein referred to as "Excluded Indebtedness")), together
         with the Indebtedness (excluding the Excluded Indebtedness) of all
         other Receivables Entities shall not exceed US$200,000,000.

                  In each Permitted Securitization, (i) the respective
         Receivables Entity shall be permitted to sell, convey or otherwise
         transfer, or grant a security interest in, (x) any right, title and
         interest of such Receivables Entity against the originator (and any
         intermediate transferee) of accounts receivable pursuant to which such
         receivables are sold, conveyed or otherwise transferred to such
         Receivables Entity and (y) any right, title and interest of the
         Receivables Entity in respect of any Standard Securitization
         Undertakings, (ii) there shall be no recourse under such securitization
         to any member of the Bowater Group other than pursuant to Standard
         Securitization Undertakings and (iii) the Administrative Agent shall
         receive a certificate of an officer of the Guarantor that the terms of
         such securitization are in compliance with the terms of this
         Agreement."

2.14     QUALIFIED SPECIAL PURPOSE ENTITY

         The following definition is added at the appropriate place in section
1.01 of the Canadian Credit Agreement based on the alphabetical ordering of the
definitions in the section:

                  ""QSPE" shall mean each Subsidiary of the Guarantor identified
         as a qualified special purpose entity on Schedule II, provided that

                  (a) either (x) no portion of the Indebtedness or any other
                  obligations (contingent or otherwise) of such Subsidiary (i)
                  is Guaranteed by any member of the Bowater Group, (ii) is
                  recourse to or obligates any member of the Bowater Group in
                  any way other than pursuant to Standard Securitization
                  Undertakings or (iii) subjects any Property of any member of
                  the Bowater Group, directly or indirectly, contingently or
                  otherwise, to the satisfaction thereof (other than, in the
                  case of this clause (iii), pursuant to Standard Securitization
                  Undertakings) or (y) if any portion of the Indebtedness of
                  such Subsidiary is Guaranteed by any member of the Bowater
                  Group, such Indebtedness is listed on Schedule I,

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                  (b) with which no member of the Bowater Group has any material
                  contract, agreement, arrangement or understanding other than
                  on terms no less favorable to any member of the Bowater Group
                  than those that might be obtained at the time from Persons
                  that are not Affiliates of any member of the Bowater Group,
                  and

                  (c) to which no member of the Bowater Group has any obligation
                  to maintain or preserve such entity's financial condition or
                  cause such entity to achieve certain levels of operating
                  results."

2.15     RECEIVABLE FILE

         The following definition is added at the appropriate place in section
1.01 of the Canadian Credit Agreement based on the alphabetical ordering of the
definitions in the section:

                  ""Receivable File" shall mean, with respect to any account
         receivable, (i) the Contract (as such term is defined in "Related
         Accounts Receivable Assets" in this Section) giving rise to such
         receivable and other evidences of such receivable including tapes,
         discs, punch cards and related property and rights and (ii) each UCC
         financing statement related thereto, if any."

2.16     RECEIVABLES ENTITY

         The following definition is added at the appropriate place in section
1.01 of the Canadian Credit Agreement based on the alphabetical ordering of the
definitions in the section:

                  ""Receivables Entity" shall mean a direct or indirect
         Subsidiary of the Guarantor (or another Person in which any member of
         the Bowater Group may make an Investment) to which any member of the
         Bowater Group sells, conveys or otherwise transfers (whether directly
         or indirectly) accounts receivable and Related Accounts Receivable
         Assets and/or one or more financial instruments arising from the sale
         (whether through the sale of stock, membership interests or assets) of
         accounts receivable and Related Accounts Receivable Assets, which
         engages in no material activities other than in connection with the
         financing of such assets and which is designated by the Guarantor (as
         provided below) as a Receivables Entity,

                  (a) no portion of the Indebtedness or any other obligations
                  (contingent or otherwise) of which (i) is Guaranteed by any
                  member of the Bowater Group, (ii) is recourse to or obligates
                  any member of the Bowater Group in any way other than pursuant
                  to Standard Securitization Undertakings or (iii) subjects any
                  Property of any member of the Bowater Group, directly or
                  indirectly, contingently or otherwise, to the satisfaction
                  thereof, other than such accounts receivable and Related
                  Accounts Receivable Assets sold, conveyed or otherwise
                  transferred into the applicable Permitted Securitization and
                  other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings,

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                  (b) with which no member of the Bowater Group has any material
                  contract, agreement, arrangement or understanding other than
                  on terms no less favorable to any member of the Bowater Group
                  than those that might be obtained at the time from Persons
                  that are not Affiliates of any member of the Bowater Group,
                  other than fees payable in the ordinary course of business in
                  connection with servicing receivables, and

                  (c) to which no member of the Bowater Group has any obligation
                  to maintain or preserve such entity's financial condition or
                  cause such entity to achieve certain levels of operating
                  results.

                  Any such designation by the Guarantor shall be evidenced to
         the Administrative Agent by filing with the Administrative Agent an
         officer's certificate of the Guarantor certifying, to the best of such
         officer's knowledge and belief after consulting with counsel, that such
         designation complied with the foregoing conditions."

2.17     RELATED ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE ASSETS

         The following definition is added at the appropriate place in section
1.01 of the Canadian Credit Agreement based on the alphabetical ordering of the
definitions in the section:

                  ""Related Accounts Receivable Assets" shall mean, with respect
         to any account receivable, (a) all right, title and interest, but none
         of the obligations, of the applicable originator, in the goods
         (including returned goods), if any, relating to the sale which gave
         rise to such receivable (the "Originator"), (b) all right, title and
         interest, but none of the obligations, of such Originator, in, to and
         under other Liens and property subject to Liens from time to time
         purporting to secure payment of such receivable, whether pursuant to
         the Contract related to such receivable or otherwise, (c) all Uniform
         Commercial Code financing statements or similar instruments covering
         any collateral securing payment of such receivable, (d) all guaranties,
         indemnities, insurance and other agreements (including the related
         Receivable File) or arrangement and other collateral of whatever
         character from time to time supporting or securing payment of such
         receivable, whether pursuant to the Contract relating to such
         receivable or otherwise relating to such receivable, (e) all proceeds
         of such receivable and all right, title and interest, if any, of such
         Originator in any lockbox, any lockbox account or any deposit or
         concentration account into which collections of such receivable are
         deposited and (f) all other instruments and all rights under the
         documents in the Receivables File relating to such receivable and all
         rights (but not obligations) relating to such receivable.

                  For purposes hereof, "Contract" means, with respect to any
         accounts receivable, either (i) a written agreement between an
         Originator and a Person obligated with respect to such receivable, or
         (ii) an invoice issued by the Originator to a Person obligated with
         respect to such receivable, in either of the

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         foregoing cases, pursuant to which such Person is obligated to pay for
         goods, merchandise and/or services."

2.18     STANDARD SECURITIZATION UNDERTAKINGS

         The following definition is added at the appropriate place in section
1.01 of the Canadian Credit Agreement based on the alphabetical ordering of the
definitions in the section:

                  ""Standard Securitization Undertakings" shall mean,
         collectively, (i) customary arms-length servicing obligations (together
         with any related performance guarantees), (ii) obligations (together
         with any related performance guarantees) to refund the purchase price
         or grant purchase price credits for dilutive events or
         misrepresentation (in each case unrelated to the collectibility of
         receivables or creditworthiness of the associated account debtors),
         (iii) representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities (together
         with any related performance guarantees) of a type that are reasonably
         customary in accounts receivable securitizations (or, in the case of a
         QSPE, the transactions described in Schedule II) and (iv) in the case
         of a QSPE, a guarantee by members of the Bowater Group of any
         make-whole premium (but not any principal or interest) on Indebtedness
         of the QSPE."

2.19     TOTAL CAPITAL

         The definition of the term "Total Capital" in section 1.01 of the
Canadian Credit Agreement is amended as follows:

                  ""Total Capital" shall mean, at any time, Consolidated Net
         Worth plus Total Debt plus Minority Interest."

2.20     TOTAL DEBT

         The definition of the term "Total Debt" in section 1.01 of the Canadian
Credit Agreement is amended as follows:

                  ""Total Debt" shall mean, at any time, the sum (without
         duplication) of (a) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all
         Indebtedness of the Guarantor and its Consolidated Subsidiaries at such
         time determined on a consolidated basis (without duplication) in
         accordance with GAAP to the extent required to be reflected on a
         balance sheet of the Guarantor and its Subsidiaries prepared in
         accordance with GAAP plus (b) the aggregate outstanding principal
         amount of all Indebtedness of all Receivables Entities at such time
         determined in accordance with GAAP; provided that the term "Total Debt"
         shall (1) include any preferred stock that does not qualify as
         Preferred Stock, 2) exclude Indebtedness in respect of commercial
         documentary letters of credit and (3) exclude any increase or decrease
         in the Indebtedness of the Guarantor and its Consolidated Subsidiaries
         caused by any revaluation of the "debt balances" acquired in connection
         with the Guarantor's purchase of Newsprint South Inc. and the
         Borrower."

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2.21     REPRESENTATION AND WARRANTY WITH RESPECT TO SUBSIDIARIES

         Section 8.11 of the Canadian Credit Agreement is amended as follows:

                  "8.11 Subsidiaries, Etc. Set forth in Schedule II hereto is a
         complete and correct list, as of o, of all of the Subsidiaries of the
         Guarantor (other than inactive Subsidiaries awaiting dissolution),
         together with, for each such Subsidiary, (i) the jurisdiction of
         organization of such Subsidiary, (ii) each Person holding ownership
         interests in such Subsidiary and (iii) the nature of the ownership
         interests held by each such Person and the percentage of ownership of
         such Subsidiary represented by such ownership interests. Except as
         disclosed in Schedule II hereto, (x) each of the Guarantor and its
         Subsidiaries owns, free and clear of Liens, and has the unencumbered
         right to vote, all outstanding ownership interests in each Person shown
         to be held by it in said Schedule II hereto, (y) all of the issued and
         outstanding capital stock of each such Person organized as a
         corporation is validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and (z)
         there are no outstanding Equity Rights with respect to such Person.

                  Except as set forth on Schedule V, none of the Subsidiaries of
         the Guarantor, is, on the date hereof, subject to any indenture,
         agreement, instrument or other arrangement of the type described in
         Section 9.12."

2.22     COVENANT WITH RESPECT TO EXISTENCE, ETC.

         Section 9.03(a) of the Credit Agreement is amended as follows:

                  "(a) preserve and maintain its legal existence and all of its
                  material rights, privileges, licenses and franchises (provided
                  that nothing in this Section 9.03 shall prohibit any
                  transaction expressly permitted under Section 9.05 hereof or
                  any transaction by a Receivables Entity or a QSPE);"

2.23     COVENANT WITH RESPECT TO PROHIBITION OF FUNDAMENTAL CHANGES

         Section 9.05 of the Canadian Credit Agreement is amended as follows:

                  "9.05 Prohibition of Fundamental Changes. Each of the Borrower
         and the Guarantor will not, nor will it permit any of its Subsidiaries
         to, enter into any transaction of merger or consolidation or
         amalgamation, or liquidate, wind up or dissolve itself (or suffer any
         liquidation or dissolution). Each of the Borrower and the Guarantor
         will not, nor will it permit any of its Subsidiaries (other than any
         QSPE, as to which this Section shall not be applicable) to, convey,
         sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of, in one transaction or a
         series of transactions, all or a substantial part of its business or
         Property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired (including
         receivables and leasehold interests, but excluding any inventory or
         other Property sold or disposed of in the ordinary course of business

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         and on ordinary business terms). Notwithstanding the foregoing
         provisions of this Section 9.05:

                   (a) any Subsidiary of the Guarantor, other than the Borrower,
                  may be merged, amalgamated or consolidated with or into: (i)
                  the Guarantor, if the Guarantor shall be the continuing or
                  surviving corporation, (ii) the Borrower, if the Borrower
                  shall be the continuing or surviving corporation, or (iii)
                  another Subsidiary (other than a QSPE) of the Guarantor other
                  than the Borrower; provided that if any such transaction shall
                  be between a Subsidiary and a Wholly Owned Subsidiary, the
                  Wholly Owned Subsidiary (or in the case of an amalgamation, a
                  new Wholly Owned Subsidiary formed thereby) shall be the
                  continuing or surviving corporation;

                  (b) any Subsidiary of the Guarantor other than the Borrower
                  may sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any or all
                  of its Property (upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise) to
                  the Guarantor or to the Borrower or any other Wholly Owned
                  Subsidiary of the Guarantor (other than a QSPE);

                  (c) the Guarantor or any Subsidiary of the Guarantor other
                  than the Borrower may merge or consolidate (and any such
                  Subsidiary may amalgamate) with any other Person (other than a
                  QSPE) if (i) in the case of a merger or consolidation of the
                  Guarantor, the Guarantor is the surviving corporation and, in
                  any other case, the surviving corporation is a Wholly Owned
                  Subsidiary of the Guarantor and (ii) after giving effect
                  thereto no Default would exist;

                  (d) any Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Guarantor other than
                  the Borrower may be dissolved or liquidated, so long as any
                  assets of such Wholly Owned Subsidiary (after settlement of
                  all claims against such Wholly Owned Subsidiary) shall be
                  transferred in such dissolution or liquidation to the
                  Guarantor or to the Borrower or any other Wholly Owned
                  Subsidiary of the Guarantor (other than a QSPE);

                  (e) the Guarantor and/or any Subsidiary of the Guarantor may
                  enter into any Permitted Securitization; and

                  (f) in addition to the dispositions permitted pursuant to
                  clauses (b) through (d) of this Section 9.05, the Guarantor
                  and/or any Subsidiary of the Guarantor other than the Borrower
                  may sell or otherwise dispose of Property (including by merger
                  or consolidation) if, after giving effect to any such sale or
                  disposition, the book value of such Property, together with
                  the aggregate book value of the Property so sold or disposed
                  of since December 31, 2001 does not exceed 20% of Total Assets
                  at the date of (and before giving effect to) such sale or
                  disposition, provided that in any event the dispositions set
                  forth in Schedule IV hereto shall be permitted

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                                      -13-

                  and shall not to be included in the calculation of aggregate
                  dispositions otherwise permitted under the foregoing
                  provisions of this clause (f)."

2.24     COVENANT WITH RESPECT TO LIENS

         Section 9.06 of the Canadian Credit Agreement is amended by deleting
paragraph (k), adding the following paragraphs after paragraph (i) and by
re-numbering the subsequent paragraphs accordingly:

                  "(j) customary Liens on the purchased Property under a
                  Permitted Securitization or Liens resulting from the
                  characterization of the sale of such purchased Property as
                  secured Indebtedness;

                  (k) Liens on any Property owned by any QSPE;"

2.25     COVENANT WITH RESPECT TO CONSOLIDATED NET WORTH

         Section 9.07 of the Canadian Credit Agreement is amended as follows:

                  "9.07 Consolidated Net Worth. The Guarantor will not permit
         Consolidated Net Worth at any time to be less than (a) US$1,620,000,000
         plus (b) 50% of the consolidated net income of the Guarantor and its
         Consolidated Subsidiaries for each fiscal quarter of the Guarantor from
         and including the first fiscal quarter in 2002 to and including the
         fiscal quarter ending on (or most recently ended prior to) such time;
         provided that, if there is a consolidated net loss for any such fiscal
         quarter, consolidated net income for such fiscal quarter shall, for the
         purposes of clause (b) of this Section 9.07, be deemed to be zero."

2.26     COVENANT WITH RESPECT TO TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES:

         Section 9.09 of the Canadian Credit Agreement is amended as follows:

                  "9.09 Transactions with Affiliates. Except as expressly
         permitted by this Agreement, each of the Borrower and the Guarantor
         will not, nor will it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or
         indirectly: (a) make any Investment in an Affiliate; (b) transfer,
         sell, lease, assign or otherwise dispose of any Property to an
         Affiliate; (c) merge into or consolidate with or purchase or acquire
         Property from an Affiliate; or (d) enter into any other transaction
         directly or indirectly with or for the benefit of an Affiliate
         (including, without limitation, guarantees and assumptions of
         obligations of an Affiliate); provided that (1) any Affiliate who is an
         individual may serve as a director, officer or employee of the
         Borrower, the Guarantor or any of their respective Subsidiaries and
         receive reasonable compensation for his or her services in such
         capacity, (2) the Borrower, the Guarantor and their respective
         Subsidiaries may enter into transactions (other than extensions of
         credit to an Affiliate) so long as the monetary or business
         consideration arising therefrom would be substantially as advantageous
         to the Borrower, the Guarantor and their respective Subsidiaries as the
         monetary or

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         business consideration which would obtain in a comparable transaction
         with a Person not an Affiliate and (3) the Guarantor and its
         Subsidiaries other than the Borrower may enter into any of the
         transactions described in this Section 9.09 with Ponderay, so long as,
         in the case of any Guarantee of the Indebtedness of Ponderay, the
         ratio, expressed as a percentage, of such Indebtedness that is
         Guaranteed to the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all
         Indebtedness of Ponderay shall not exceed the ownership percentage of
         the Guarantor in Ponderay held through the Guarantor's Wholly Owned
         Subsidiary, Lake Superior Forest Products Inc., a corporation existing
         under the laws of the State of Delaware, and (4) the Borrower, the
         Guarantor and their respective Subsidiaries may extend credit to any
         Affiliate in an aggregate principal amount as to all Affiliates not
         exceeding US$30,000,000, so long as the monetary or business
         consideration arising from each such extension of credit would be
         substantially as advantageous to the Borrower, the Guarantor and their
         respective Subsidiaries as the monetary or business consideration which
         it would obtain in a comparable transaction with a Person not an
         Affiliate. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrower, the Guarantor
         and any of their respective Subsidiaries may enter into transactions
         with Receivables Entities pursuant to Permitted Securitizations."

2.27     COVENANT WITH RESPECT TO INDEBTEDNESS

         Section 9.11 of the Canadian Credit Agreement is amended by (i)
replacing paragraph (a) with the following paragraph (a); (ii) deleting
paragraph (g); (iii) adding the following paragraphs after paragraph (e); and
(iv) re-numbering the subsequent paragraphs accordingly:

                  "(a) Indebtedness of the Borrower or other Subsidiaries of the
                  Guarantor existing on the date hereof and (to the extent
                  exceeding the minimum threshold requirements set forth in
                  Section 8.09(a)) set forth in Part A of Schedule I any
                  assumption or Guarantee thereof by any other Subsidiary of the
                  Guarantor and any extensions, renewals, and replacements
                  thereof, so long as (i) the weighted average life of the
                  maturity of the maturity of such Indebtedness as so extended,
                  renewed or refinanced, taken as a whole, is not shorter than
                  such weighted average life prior to such extension, renewal or
                  refinancing and (ii) any terms of subordination set forth in
                  such Indebtedness are not adversely affected thereby in any
                  material respect;

                  (f) Indebtedness under any Permitted Securitization;

                  (g) Indebtedness of any QSPE;"

2.28     COVENANT WITH RESPECT TO RESTRICTIVE AGREEMENTS

         Section 9.12 of the Canadian Credit Agreement is amended as follows:

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                                      -15-

                  "9.12 Restrictive Agreements. Each of the Borrower and the
         Guarantor will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries (other
         than the QSPE's and Receivables Entities) to, directly or indirectly,
         enter into, incur or permit to exist any agreement or other arrangement
         that prohibits, restricts or imposes any condition upon the ability of
         any of their respective Subsidiaries to pay dividends or other
         distributions with respect to any shares of its capital stock or to
         make or repay loans or advances to the Borrower, the Guarantor or any
         other Subsidiary or to Guarantee Indebtedness of the Borrower, the
         Guarantor or any other Subsidiary; provided that the foregoing shall
         not apply to (x) restrictions and conditions imposed by law or by this
         Agreement, (y) restrictions and conditions existing on the date hereof
         identified on Schedule V (but shall apply to any extension or renewal
         of, or any amendment or modification expanding the scope of, any such
         restriction or condition) and (z) customary restrictions and conditions
         contained in agreements relating to the sale of a Subsidiary pending
         such sale, provided such restrictions and conditions apply only to the
         Subsidiary that is to be sold and such sale is permitted hereunder."

2.29     COVENANT WITH RESPECT TO LINES OF BUSINESS

         Section 9.13 of the Canadian Credit Agreement is amended as follows:

                  "9.13 Limitation on Lines of Business. Neither the Borrower
         nor the Guarantor will enter into any business, either directly or
         through any Subsidiary, to any substantial extent other than those
         businesses in which the Borrower, the Guarantor and their respective
         Subsidiaries are engaged on the date of this Agreement and, in each
         case, activities directly related thereto or ancillary, complementary
         or reasonably related thereto as reasonably determined by the Borrower
         or the Guarantor in their respective sole judgments, including
         Permitted Securitizations."

2.30     EVENTS OF DEFAULT

         Paragraphs (f), (g), (h) and (i) of section 10 of the Canadian Credit
Agreement are amended as follows:

                  "(f) the Borrower, the Guarantor or any of their respective
         Subsidiaries (other than any QSPE) shall admit in writing its inability
         to, or be generally unable to, pay its debts as such debts become due;
         or

                  (g) the Borrower, the Guarantor or any of their respective
         Subsidiaries (other than any QSPE) shall (i) apply for or consent to
         the appointment of, or the taking of possession by, a receiver,
         custodian, trustee, examiner or liquidator of itself or of all or a
         substantial part of its Property, (ii) make a general assignment for
         the benefit of its creditors pursuant to the Bankruptcy and Insolvency
         Act (Canada), (iii) commence a voluntary case under the US Bankruptcy
         Code, (iv) file a petition or commence any proceedings (including a
         notice of intention to make a proposal) seeking to take advantage of
         any other law relating to

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                                      -16-

         bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, liquidation, dissolution,
         arrangement or winding-up, or composition or readjustment of debts, (v)
         fail to controvert in a timely and appropriate manner, or acquiesce in
         writing to, any petition filed against it in an involuntary case under
         the US Bankruptcy Code or any petition for a receiving order under the
         Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (Canada), (vi) take any corporate action
         for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing; or

                  (h) a proceeding or case shall be commenced, without the
         application or consent of the Borrower, the Guarantor or any of their
         respective Subsidiaries (other than any QSPE), in any court of
         competent jurisdiction, seeking (i) the reorganization, liquidation,
         dissolution, arrangement or winding-up, or the composition or
         readjustment of the debts of the Borrower, the Guarantor or any of
         their respective Subsidiaries, (ii) the appointment of a receiver,
         custodian, trustee, examiner, liquidator or the like of the Borrower,
         the Guarantor or any of their respective Subsidiaries or of all or any
         substantial part of their Property, or (iii) similar relief in respect
         of the Borrower, the Guarantor or any of their respective Subsidiaries
         under any law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
         arrangement, winding-up, or composition or adjustment of debts, and
         such proceeding or case shall continue undismissed for a period of 60
         or more days or (iv) an order, judgment or decree approving or ordering
         any of the foregoing shall be entered against the Borrower, the
         Guarantor or any of their respective Subsidiaries; or

                  (i) a final judgment or judgments for the payment of money in
         excess of US$10,000,000 in the aggregate (exclusive of judgment amounts
         fully covered by insurance where the insurer has admitted liability in
         respect of such judgment) or in excess of US$50,000,000 in the
         aggregate (regardless of insurance coverage) shall be rendered by one
         or more courts, administrative tribunals or other bodies having
         jurisdiction against the Borrower, the Guarantor or any of their
         respective Subsidiaries (other than any QSPE) and the same shall not be
         discharged (or provision shall not be made for such discharge), or a
         stay of execution thereof shall not be procured, within 30 days from
         the date of entry thereof and the Borrower, the Guarantor or the
         relevant Subsidiary shall not, within said period of 30 days, or such
         longer period during which execution of the same shall have been
         stayed, appeal therefrom and cause the execution thereof to be stayed
         during such appeal; or"

2.31     SCHEDULES

         (a) Schedule 2.30 (a) to this Agreement replaces Schedule I to the
Canadian Credit Agreement.

         (b) Schedule 2.30 (b) to this Agreement replaces Schedule II to the
Canadian Credit Agreement.

         (c) Schedule 2.30 (c) to this Agreement replaces Schedule IV to the
Canadian Credit Agreement

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                                      -17-

         (d) Schedule 2.30 (d) to this Agreement is added as Schedule V to the
Canadian Credit Agreement

                                    ARTICLE 3
                                     GENERAL

3.1      CONFIRMATION OF CREDIT AGREEMENT

         The parties acknowledge and agree that, except as amended pursuant to
this First Amending Agreement, the provisions of the Canadian Credit Agreement,
including the guarantee granted by the Guarantor, remain in full force and
effect, unamended.

3.2      AMENDMENT AND RENEWAL FEES

         In consideration of the extension of the Revolving Credit Termination
Date and the amendments provided for herein, the Borrower shall pay to each Bank
a fee in an amount equal to 7.5 basis points of such Bank's Commitment.

3.3      COUNTERPARTS

         This Agreement may be executed in separate counterparts, all of which
taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument, and a party may
execute this Agreement by signing any such counterpart.

3.4      GOVERNING LAW

         This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with
the laws of the Province of Quebec and the federal laws of Canada applicable
therein.

                            [Signature Pages Follow]

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                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this
Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the day and year first above
written.

                                      BOWATER CANADIAN FOREST PRODUCTS INC.,
                                      as Borrower

                                      By:    /s/ William G. Harvey
                                             ----------------------------------
                                             William G. Harvey
                                             Vice President and Treasurer

                                      BOWATER INCORPORATED,
                                      as Guarantor

                                      By:    /s/ David G. Maffucci
                                             ----------------------------------
                                             David G. Maffucci
                                             Senior Vice President and
                                             Chief Financial Officer

                 [Signatures of the Agent and the Banks Follow]

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                                              THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA,
                                              as Administrative Agent

                                              By:    /s/ David Maddocks
                                                     ---------------------------
                                                     David Maddocks
                                                     Director

                                              By:    /s/ Anuj Dhawan
                                                     ---------------------------
                                                     Anuj Dhawan
                                                     Associate Director

                  This is a counterpart signature page to the First Amending
Agreement dated as of October 18, 2002 between Bowater Canadian Forest Products
Inc., as borrower, Bowater Incorporated, as guarantor, The Bank of Nova Scotia
as administrative agent and each of the lenders parties hereto as a Bank.

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                                      -20-

                                     THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA,
                                     as a Bank

                                     By:    /s/ David Angel
                                            -----------------------------------
                                            David Angel
                                            Director, Paper and Forest Products

                                     By:    /s/ John Santillo
                                            -----------------------------------
                                            John Santillo
                                            Associate Director
                                            Paper and Forest Products

                  This is a counterpart signature page to the First Amending
Agreement dated as of October 18, 2002 between Bowater Canadian Forest Products
Inc., as borrower, Bowater Incorporated, as guarantor, The Bank of Nova Scotia
as administrative agent and each of the lenders parties hereto as a Bank.

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                                         THE TORONTO-DOMINION BANK,
                                         as a Bank

                                         By:    /s/ Oana Frumosu
                                                -------------------------------
                                                Oana Frumosu
                                                Associate, Corporate Credit

                                         By:
                                                -------------------------------

                  This is a counterpart signature page to the First Amending
Agreement dated as of October 18, 2002 between Bowater Canadian Forest Products
Inc., as borrower, Bowater Incorporated, as guarantor, The Bank of Nova Scotia
as administrative agent and each of the lenders parties hereto as a Bank.

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                                      -22-

                                           CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE,
                                           as a Bank

                                           By:    /s/ Mark Chandler
                                                  -----------------------------
                                                  Mark Chandler
                                                  Executive Director

                                           By:    /s/ Bill Wolfe
                                                  -----------------------------
                                                  Bill Wolfe
                                                  Executive Director

                  This is a counterpart signature page to the First Amending
Agreement dated as of October 18, 2002 between Bowater Canadian Forest Products
Inc., as borrower, Bowater Incorporated, as guarantor, The Bank of Nova Scotia
as administrative agent and each of the lenders parties hereto as a Bank.

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                                              BANK OF MONTREAL,
                                              as a Bank

                                              By:    /s/ Bruno Jarry
                                                     --------------------------
                                                     Bruno Jarry
                                                     Director

                                              By:
                                                     --------------------------

                  This is a counterpart signature page to the First Amending
Agreement dated as of October 18, 2002 between Bowater Canadian Forest Products
Inc., as borrower, Bowater Incorporated, as guarantor, The Bank of Nova Scotia
as administrative agent and each of the lenders parties hereto as a Bank.

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                                SCHEDULE 2.30 (a)

                                                                      SCHEDULE I

                          Material Agreements and Liens

                     [See Section 8.09 and Section 9.06(a)]

Part A - Material Agreements

(US millions, unless otherwise noted)

Note: Intercompany indebtedness, which is consolidated to zero, is excluded from
this listing.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
    BOWATER INCORPORATED
    <S>                                                                            <C>

    Public Bonds
      9.0% Debentures due 8/1/09                                                   $250.0
      9.375% Debentures due 12/15/21                                               $200.0
      9.5% Debentures due 10/15/12                                                 $125.0

    Tax Exempt Bonds
      7.75% Solid Waste Recycling Facilities Revenue Bond due 10/1/22              $62.0
      7.4% Solid Waste Recycling Facilities Revenue Bond due 12/1/22               $39.5
      7.625% Solid Waste Recycling Facilities Revenue Bond due 3/1/16              $30.0
      Variable Rate Solid Waste Recycling Facilities Revenue Bond due 6/1/29       $33.5
      7.625% Solid Waste Recycling Facilities Revenue Bond due 3/1/06              $ 6.9
      7.4% Solid Waste Recycling Facilities Revenue Bond due 1/1/10                $ 6.5

    Letters of Credit
      Supporting Various Insurance Programs                                        $10.8
      Supporting Variable Rate Solid Waste Recycling Facilities                    $34.8

    Bank Agreements
      $10 Million Cash Management uncommitted line of credit (as of 9/30/02)       $ 0.0
      $300 Million Term Loan (as of 9/30/02)                                       $300.0
      $500 Million Revolving Credit (as of 9/30/02)                                $111.0

    Guarantees
      In connection with Ponderay Newsprint Company                                $50.0
      In connection with the monetization of a timberland note                     $12.8
</TABLE>

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<TABLE>
    <S>                                                                            <C>
      In connection with a synthetic lease                                         $52.3
      In connection with a credit facility for Bowater Canadian Forest
         Products Inc.                                                             $100.0
      In connection with notes issued by Bowater Canada Finance Corp.              $600.0

    Synthetic Lease
      Facility due April 30, 2006                                                  $52.3

    BOWATER CANADIAN FOREST PRODUCTS INC.

    Public Bonds
      10.85% Indenture due 11/30/14                                               C$125.0
      10.25% Indenture due 1/15/03                                                 $  7.4

    Private Placement Notes
      10.625% Series A Note Agreement due 6/15/10                                  $98.0
      10.5% Series B Note Agreement at various dates with a final maturity of 2010 $81.6
      10.6% Series C Note Agreement due 1/15/11                                    $70.0
      10.26% Series D Note Agreement with a final maturity of 2011                 $19.8

    Government Loans
      0% Government of Quebec due 4/20/08                                          $ 9.2
      Other miscellaneous non-interest bearing government notes due 2003           $ 0.3

    Letters of Credit
      Lumber Duty                                                                  $ 2.5
      Electricity Contract (to IMO for Thunder Bay)                                C$7.5
      Supporting employment matters                                                C$22.0

    Bank Agreements
      C$10 Million Cash Management line of credit (as of 9/30/02)                  C$7.6
      C$5 Million Cash Management line of credit (as of 9/30/02)                   C$0.0
      $100 Million Credit Facility (as of 9/30/02)                                 $70.0
             (The above letters of credit are under this facility)

    BOWATER CANADA FINANCE CORPORATION

    Public Notes
      7.95% Notes due 2011                                                         $600.0

    BOWATER TRUST 2001-A

    Synthetic Lease due 2006                                                       $52.3
</TABLE>

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<TABLE>
    <S>                                                                            <C>
    NEWSPRINT SOUTH INC.

    UDAG Loan Agreement due 2010 with interest rates from 5-6.5%                   $ 7.3

    BOWATER MARITIMES INC.

    Partnership Debt
      11% Subordinated debt due 2003                                               $ 3.7

    QUALIFIED SPECIAL PURPOSE ENTITIES

    Timber Note Holding, LLC
             Loan Agreement due 2009                                               $45.1

    Calhoun Note Holdings AT LLC
             Note Agreement due 2014                                               $64.1

    Calhoun Note Holdings TI LLC
             Note Agreement due 2014                                               $61.6

    Bowater Catawba Note Holdings I LLC
             Note Agreement due 2016                                               $17.4

    Bowater Catawba Note Holdings II LLC
             Note Agreement due 2016                                               $86.8

    Bowater Saluda Note Holdings LLC
             Note Agreement due 2017                                               $89.2

Part B - Material Liens

(US millions, unless otherwise noted)

         BOWATER INCORPORATED

         Timber Note Monetizations                                                 $364.2
             (secured by notes payable by the purchasers of various timberlands)

         BOWATER TRUST 2001-A

         Synthetic Lease                                                           $52.3
                  (secured by new facilities of Bowater Nuway Inc.)
</TABLE>

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                                SCHEDULE 2.30 (b)

                                                                     SCHEDULE II

                                  Subsidiaries

          [See definition of "QSPE" in Section 1.01, and Section 4.14]

     Subsidiary                                   Jurisdiction of Incorporation

     9068-9050 Quebec Inc.                                Quebec
     Alliance Forest Products (2001) Inc.                 Canada
     Bowater Alabama Inc.                                 Alabama
     Bowater America Inc.                                 Delaware
     Bowater Asia Pte Ltd                                 Singapore
     Bowater Baie-Trinite Inc.                            Quebec
     Bowater Belledune Sawmill Inc.                       Canada
     Bowater Canada Finance Corporation                   Nova Scotia
     Bowater Canada Finance Limited Partnership           New Brunswick
     Bowater Canada Inc. (1)                              Canada
     Bowater Canada Treasury Corp.                        Nova Scotia
     Bowater Canadian Forest Products Inc. (1)            Canada
     Bowater Canadian Holdings Incorporated (1)           Nova Scotia
     Bowater Canadian Limited                             Canada
     Bowater Europe Limited                               United Kingdom
     Bowater Finance Company Inc.                         Delaware
     Bowater Foreign Sales Corporation                    Barbados
     Bowater Japan Limited                                Japan
     Bowater Maritimes Inc. (2)                           New Brunswick
     Bowater Mersey Paper Company Limited (3)             Nova Scotia
     Bowater Mississippi Holdings Inc.                    Delaware
     Bowater Mississippi LLC                              Delaware
     Bowater Newsprint South Inc.                         Delaware
     Bowater Newsprint South LLC                          Delaware
     Bowater Nuway Inc.                                   Delaware
     Bowater Nuway Mid-States Inc.                        Delaware
     Bowater Pulp and Paper Canada Holdings LP            New Brunswick
     Bowater S. America Ltda.                             Brazil
     Bowater South American Holdings Incorporated         Delaware
     Bowater U.S. Holdings Inc.                           Delaware
     Bowater Ventures Inc.                                Delaware
     Bowater Couturier Inc.                               New Brunswick

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                                      -2-

     Bowater Guerette Inc.                                Quebec
     Bowater-Halla Paper Co., Ltd                         Korea
     Bowater Mitis Inc.                                   Quebec
     Bowater Treated Wood Inc.                            Quebec
     Calhoun Newsprint Company (4)                        Delaware
     Carolina Export Corporation                          Delaware
     Cascapedia Booming Company Inc. (5)                  Quebec
     Coosa Pines Golf Club, Incorporated                  Alabama
     Lake Superior Construction Inc.                      Delaware
     Lake Superior Forest Products Inc.                   Delaware
     Lake Superior Holdings Inc.                          Delaware
     Manifor Inc.                                         Quebec
     Rich Timber Holdings, LLC                            Delaware
     9032-4286 Quebec Inc. (6)                            Quebec

     Qualified Special Purpose Entities:

     Calhoun Note Holdings AT LLC                         Delaware
       (subsidiary of Calhoun Newsprint
       Company, see Note 4)
     Calhoun Note Holdings TI LLC                         Delaware
       (subsidiary of Calhoun Newsprint
       Company, see Note 4)
     Bowater Catawba Note Holdings I LLC                  Delaware
     Bowater Catawba Note Holdings II LLC                 Delaware
     Bowater Saluda Note Holdings LLC                     Delaware
     Timber Note Holding, LLC                             Delaware

         Note: Except as otherwise indicated, each of the above entities is a
wholly owned direct or indirect subsidiary of the Company.

                  (1) 100% of the common stock of each of these corporations is
owned directly or indirectly by the Company. In addition, each of these
corporations has issued C$100,000 of preferred stock to the law firm of Fraser
Milner Casgrain and Bowater Canada Inc. has 1,686,406 outstanding Exchangeable
Shares (at May 8, 2002), which are exchangeable on a one-for-one basis into
shares of Bowater Incorporated Common Stock.

                  (2) 67% owned. The remaining interest is owned 25% by Oji
Paper Co., Ltd and 8% by Mitsui & Co., Ltd.

                  (3) 51% owned. The remaining interest is owned by The
Washington Post Company.

                  (4) Approximately 51% owned. The remaining interest is owned
by Herald Company, Inc.

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                                      -3-

                  (5) Approximately 50% owned. The remaining interests are owned
by Stone Consolidated(approximately 50%) and 1 share is owned by each of the six
directors.

                  (6) 50% owned. The remaining interest is owned by Cooperative
de travailleurs actionnaire de serres et pepiniere Girardville.

<PAGE>

                                SCHEDULE 2.30 (c)

                                                                     SCHEDULE IV

                             Permitted Dispositions

                              [See Section 9.05(e)]

                                      None.

<PAGE>

                                SCHEDULE 2.30 (d)

                                                                      SCHEDULE V

                             Restrictive Agreements

                               [See Section 9.12]

                  The Bowater Canada Inc. ("BCI") Exchangeable Shares contain
         certain restrictions designed to assure the payment of dividends on the
         Exchangeable Shares. Among other things, unless all dividends on the
         Exchangeable Shares corresponding to dividends declared and paid to
         date on the Bowater Incorporated Common Shares have been declared and
         paid in full on the Exchangeable Shares, BCI shall not, without the
         prior approval of the holders of the Exchangeable Shares, pay any
         dividends on the BCI Common Shares or BCI Preferred Shares (or any
         other shares ranking junior to the Exchangeable Shares), or redeem or
         purchase or make any capital distribution in respect of such shares or
         any other shares of BCI ranking equally with the Exchangeable Shares
         with respect to the payment of dividends or any liquidation
         distribution.

                  The Support Agreement between Bowater Incorporated, Bowater
         Canadian Holdings Inc. ("BCHI") and BCI contains restrictions on the
         payment of dividends and other restrictions that are designed to ensure
         that the holders of the Bowater Canada Exchangeable Shares are treated
         the same as the holders of Bowater Common stock.

                  The provisions attached to the Preferred Shares of each of
         Bowater Canadian Forest Products Inc. ("BCFP"), BCI and BCHI contain
         restrictions on the payment of dividends in that no dividends may be
         paid on the respective common shares of those corporations (or other
         shares ranking junior to the Preferred Shares) unless all dividends are
         up-to-date on such Preferred Shares.

                  In addition the indentures, agreements, instruments or other
         arrangements described below contain certain terms and/or conditions
         that must be satisfied in the context of any payment of dividends or
         other distribution of property or assets by BCFP with respect to any
         shares of its capital stock, or any action taken by BCFP to make or
         repay the Guarantor or any other Subsidiary or to Guarantee
         Indebtedness of the Guarantor or any other Subsidiary, to ensure, in
         each case, that any such payment, distribution or action taken by BCFP
         does not (i) constitute a default under, or a breach or contravention
         of, any provision of such indentures, agreements, instruments or other
         arrangements, or (ii) result in a redemption, repurchase or similar
         right being granted to or in favor of the holders of the debt
         instruments issued pursuant to such indentures, agreements, instruments
         or other arrangements which, if exercised, would require BCFP to
         redeem, repurchase or otherwise acquire such debt instruments.

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                  Trust Indenture dated as of December 12, 1989 between Canadian
         Pacific Forest Products Limited (now BCFP) and Montreal Trust Company
         in respect of the US$125,000,000 10.85% debentures due November 30,
         2014.

                  Note Agreement dated as of June 1, 1990 by Canadian Pacific
         Forest Products Limited (now BCFP) in respect of the US$98,000,000
         10.625% Senior Notes, Series A, and the US$102,000,000 10.50% Senior
         Notes, Series B, each due June 15, 2010.

                  Note Agreement dated as of November 1, 1990 by Canadian
         Pacific Forest Products Limited (now BCFP) in respect of the
         US$70,000,000 10.60% Senior Notes, Series C, and the US$22,000,000
         10.26% Senior Notes, Series D, each due January 15, 2011.

                  US$75,000,000 10.25% Debentures due January 15, 2003 dated as
         of January 13, 1993 issued by Canadian Pacific Forest Products Limited
         (now BCFP) pursuant to a prospectus supplement dated January 13, 1993
         to the prospectus of Canadian Pacific Forest Products Limited (now
         BCFP) dated June 9, 1992.<PAGE>

                                                                   Exhibit 10.47

                              EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

         THIS AGREEMENT, made this 1ST day of NOVEMBER, 1992, by and between
BOWATER INCORPORATED, a Delaware corporation having a mailing address of ONE
PARKLANDS DRIVE, DARIEN, CONNECTICUT 06820, (the "Corporation"), and HARRY F.
GEAIR of HAYWOOD CROSSING APTS., 77 CROSS RIDGE, GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA
29607 (the "Executive").

         WHEREAS, the Corporation desires to employ the Executive as Associate
General Counsel; and

         WHEREAS, the Executive is desirous of serving the Corporation in such
capacity;

         NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree as follows:

         1. Employment. During the term of this Agreement the Corporation agrees
to continue to employ the Executive, and the Executive agrees to continue in the
employ of the Corporation, in accordance with and subject to the provisions of
this Agreement.

         2. Term.

         (a)      Subject to the provisions of subparagraphs (b) and (c) of this
                  Section 2, the term of this Agreement shall begin on the date
                  hereof and shall continue thereafter until terminated by
                  either party by written notice given to the other party at
                  least thirty (30) days prior to the effective date of any such
                  termination. The effective date of the termination shall be
                  the date stated in such notice, provided that if the
                  Corporation specifies an effective date that is more than
                  thirty (30) days following the date of such notice, the
                  Executive may, upon thirty (30) days' written notice to the
                  Corporation, accelerate the effective date of such
                  termination.

         (b)      Notwithstanding Section 2(a), upon the occurrence of a Change
                  in Control as defined in the Severance Agreement of even date
                  between the Corporation and the Executive (the "Severance
                  Agreement"), the term of this Agreement shall be deemed to
                  continue until terminated, but in any event, for a period of
                  not less than three (3) years following the date of the Change
                  in Control, unless such termination shall be at the
                  Executive's election for other than "Good Reason" as that term
                  is defined in the Severance Agreement.

         (c)      Notwithstanding Section 2(a), the term of this Agreement shall
                  end upon: (i) the death of the Executive; (ii) the inability
                  of the Executive to perform his duties properly, whether by
                  reason of ill-health, accident or other cause, for a period of
                  one hundred and eighty (180) consecutive days or for periods
                  totaling one hundred and eighty (180) days occurring within
                  any twelve (12) consecutive calendar months; or (iii) the
                  executive's retirement on his early or normal retirement date.

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         3. Position and Duties. Throughout the term hereof, the Executive shall
be employed as Associate General Counsel of the Corporation, with the duties and
responsibilities customarily attendant to that office, provided that the
Executive shall undertake such other and further assignments and
responsibilities of at least comparable status as the Board of Directors may
direct. The Executive shall diligently and faithfully devote his full working
time and best efforts to the performance of the services under this Agreement
and to the furtherance of the best interests of the Corporation.

         4. Place of Employment. The Executive will be employed at the
Corporation's offices in the City of Greenville, South Carolina or at such other
place as the Corporation shall designate from time to time, provided, however,
that if the Executive is transferred to another place of employment,
necessitating a change in his residence, the Executive shall be entitled to
financial assistance in accordance with the terms of the Corporation's
relocation policy then in effect.

         5. Compensation and Benefits.

         (a)      Base Salary. The Corporation shall pay to the Executive a base
                  salary at the annual rate of $125,000, payable in
                  substantially equal periodic installments on the Corporation's
                  regular payroll dates. The Executive's base salary shall be
                  reviewed at least annually and from time to time may be
                  increased (or reduced, if such reduction is effected pursuant
                  to across-the-board salary reductions similarly affecting all
                  management personnel of the Corporation).

         (b)      Bonus Plan. In addition to his base salary, the Executive
                  shall be entitled to receive a bonus under the Corporation's
                  bonus plan in effect from time to time determined in the
                  manner, at the time, and in the amounts set forth under such
                  plan.

         (c)      Benefit Plans. The Corporation shall make contributions on the
                  Executive's behalf to the various benefit plans and programs
                  of the Corporation in which the Executive is eligible to
                  participate in accordance with the provisions thereof as in
                  effect from time to time.

         (d)      Vacations. The Executive shall be entitled to paid vacation,
                  in keeping with the Corporation's policy as in effect from
                  time to time, to be taken at such time or times as may be
                  approved by the Corporation.

         (e)      Expenses. The Corporation shall reimburse the Executive for
                  all reasonable expenses properly incurred, and appropriately
                  documented, by the Executive in connection with the business
                  of the Corporation.

         (f)      Perquisites. The Corporation shall make available to the
                  Executive all perquisites to which he is entitled by virtue of
                  his position.

         6. Nondisclosure. During and after the term of this Agreement, the
Executive shall not, without the written consent of the Board of Directors of
the Corporation, disclose or use directly or indirectly, (except in the course
employment hereunder and in furtherance of the business of the Corporation or
any of its subsidiaries and affiliates) any of the trade secrets or other
confidential information proprietary data of the Corporation or its subsidiaries
or affiliates; provided, however, that confidential information shall not
include any information known generally to public (other than as a result of
unauthorized disclosure by the Executive) or any information of a type not
otherwise considered confidential by persons engaged in the same or similar
businesses.

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         7. Noncompetition. During the term of this Agreement, and for a period
of one (1) year after the date the Executive's employment terminates, the
Executive shall not, without the prior approval of the Board of Directors of the
Corporation in the same or a similar capacity engage in or invest in, or aid or
assist anyone else in the conduct of any business (other than the businesses of
the Corporation and its subsidiaries and affiliates) which directly competes
with the business of the Corporation and its subsidiaries and affiliates as
conducted during the term hereof. If any court of competent jurisdiction shall
determine that any of the provisions of this section 7 shall not be enforceable
because of the duration or scope thereof, the parties hereto agree that said
court shall have the power to reduce the duration and scope of such provision to
the extent necessary to make it enforceable and this Agreement in its reduced
form shall be valid and enforceable to the extent permitted by law. The
Executive acknowledges that the Corporation's remedy at law for a breach by the
Executive of the provisions of this Section 7 will be inadequate. Accordingly,
in the event of the breach or threatened breach by the Executive of this Section
7, the Corporation shall be entitled to injunctive relief in addition to any
other remedy it may have.

         8. Severance Pay. If the Executive's employment hereunder is
involuntarily terminated for any reason other than those set forth in Section
2(c) hereof, then unless the Corporation shall have terminated the Executive for
"Cause", the Corporation shall pay the Executive severance pay in the amount
equal to twelve months of the Executive's base salary on the effective date of
the termination plus 1/12 of the amount of the last bonus paid to the Executive
under the Corporation's bonus plan applicable to the Executive for each month in
the period beginning on January 1 of the year in which the date of the
termination occurs and ending on the date of the termination and for each
months' base salary to which the Executive is entitled under this Section 8,
provided however, that any amount paid to the Executive for services rendered
subsequent to the thirtieth (30th) day following the communication to the
Executive of notice of termination shall be deducted from the severance pay
otherwise due hereunder. Such payment shall be made in a lump sum within ten
(10) business days following the effective date of the termination. The
severance pay shall be in lieu of all other compensation or payments of any kind
relating to the termination of the Executive's employment hereunder; provided
that the Executive's entitlement to compensation or payments under the
Corporation's retirement plans, stock option or incentive plans, savings plans
or bonus plans attributable to service rendered prior to the effective date of
the termination shall not be affected by this clause and shall continue to be
governed by the applicable provisions of such plans; and further provided that
in lieu hereof, at his election, the Executive shall be entitled to the benefits
of the Severance Agreement of even date between the Corporation and the
Executive, if termination occurs in a manner and at a tine when such Severance
Agreement is applicable. For purposes of this Agreement, the term for "Cause"
shall mean because of gross negligence or willful misconduct by the Executive
either in the course of his employment hereunder or which has a material adverse
effect on the Corporation or the Executive's ability to perform adequately and
effectively his duties hereunder.

         9. Notices. Any notices required or permitted to be given under this
Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been given when
delivered or mailed, by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested
to the respective addresses of the parties set forth above, or to such other
address as any party hereto shall designate to the other party in writing
pursuant to the terms of this Section 9.

         10. Severability. The provisions of this Agreement are severable, and
the invalidity or unenforceability of any provision shall not affect the
validity or enforceability of any other provision.

         11. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and interpreted
in accordance with the substantive laws of the State of Connecticut.

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         12. Supersedure. This Agreement shall cancel and supersede all prior
agreements relating to employment between the Executive and the Corporation,
except the Severance Agreement.

         13. Waiver of Breach. The waiver by a party of a breach of any
provision of this Agreement shall not operate or be construed as a waiver of any
prior or subsequent breach by any of the parties hereto.

         14. Binding Effect. The terms of this Agreement shall be binding upon
and inure to the benefit of the successors and assigns of the Corporation and
the heirs, executors, administrators and successors of the Executive, but this
Agreement may not be assigned by the Executive.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation and the Executive have executed
this Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

                                       BOWATER INCORPORATED

/s/ R.E. Gufstafson                    By  /s/  A.P. Gammie
---------------------------------          -----------------------------------
Witness                                        Its

/s/ Oleanthean Fleming                       /s/ Harry F. Geair
---------------------------------            ---------------------------------
Witness                                      HARRY F. GEAIR

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