page_title: Paper and pulp industry in Dryden, Ontario
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Paper and pulp industry in Dryden, Ontario / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Picture of Dryden Mill
context_page_description: The paper and pulp industry in Dryden, Ontario, which began in the early 1900s, resulted in a significant environmental issues through the dumping of mercury by a paper mill into local waters.
context_section_description: During the late 1890s, there were several sawmills operating in the Dryden, Ontario area. They primarily supplied the builders of the Canadian Pacific Railway(CPR) with railway timber, and powered the many steam boilers used for mining in that area. In 1909, Charles and Grant Gordon began the construction of a paper mill on the west side of the Wabigoon River, where a paper mill is currently located. The mill's location has some advantages, because it has an abundant electricity supply from the river and a plentiful supply of wood.  It also happened to be 130 kilometers upstream from the Grassy Narrows traditional area.
  In 1911, the rights of the timber lease were transferred from the Gordon brothers to the Dryden Timber and Power Company because the building they were constructing burned down in 1910, and they did not have means to complete their project. Dryden Timber and Power Company constructed a new mill and started to operate in 1913; it was the first Kraft pulp mill in Northwestern Ontario. Power chain saws, safety pants and safety gloves were introduced with the ownership of Dryden Paper Company in the early 1960s, resulting in a tremendous increase in productivity for the loggers.
  Afterward, the ownership of the mill changed several times. Ownership was transferred from Weyerhaeuser to Domtar (its present owner) in March 2007 for approximately US$520 million.  It has an annual pulp production capacity of 319,000 tonnes in 1 pulp line.
caption: The Dryden Paper Mill
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