Forestry Outlook

Sustainable forestry has a long history in Chapleau and maintains a

profitable outlook for the future. Tembec, Inc. (TSX: TMB), the largest local

employer, directly employs roughly 150 people, and supports an additional

100 indirect jobs in the forestry sector. Tembec’s main product is random-

length softwood lumber, but the company also operates the Chapleau Co-

Generation Plant which opened in 1986 as Canada’s first wood-fired co-

generation facility. The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (MNRF)

has Chapleau District offices located in the community to lead local forest

management and fire management efforts.

Industry partners are currently working with aboriginal and community

stakeholders to consider options for transition from a single entity

Sustainable Forest Licence to an Enhanced Sustainable Forest Licence

(eSFL).

Chapleau is located at the heart of the Martel Forest (Sustainable Forest

Licence # 550390) which was formed in 2006 to combine the Superior Forest

and the J.E. Martel Forest. The Martel Forest is a mixed wood forest nearly

1.2 million hectares in size.

Competitive Advantages

Forestry in Chapleau benefits from several competitive advantages:

• A well trained workforce with experience working in the forestry industry

• Local options for re-purposing waste wood

• Affordable housing and high quality of life

• Quick access to domestic and international markets

• Proximity to Canadian Pacific Railway’s transcontinental railway

• Chapleau is just over 250 kilometers (about 160 miles) from the US market.

The forestry sector boasts many

other entrepreneurial endeavours

including the North Country Log

Homes, True North Timber and

Niska North cedar sawmill.

The local forestry industry has room

to grow in producing non-timber and

value added forest products.

Chapleau’s access to both hardwood

and softwood timber opens the door

for a wide range of value-added

forestry ventures.

B E C O M E L O S T /I N I N D U S T R Y

Chapleau Economic

Development Corporation

26 Pine Steet W PO Box 129

Chapleau, ON P0M 1K0

t (705) 860-5601 extension 1

www chapleau.ca

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Forestry Industry

Forestry today is a green industry.

Tembec has cut greenhouse gas

emissions by 84% since 1990, and

the use of biomass for energy

eliminates waste, lowers fossil fuel

consumption, and supplies green

energy to the grid.