In the late 1940’s, this Town and Pulp Mill complex were constructed as a green field project in the heart of a rich natural resource area along the North Shore of Lake Superior. A significant water diversion project (at Long Lake) had been completed 10 years earlier with the flow reversed from the Arctic watershed (North) to the Lake Superior basin(South). This new resource was developed into a 51 Mw power generation facility in 1948 to support the Terrace Bay Town and Pulp Mill needs.
Industrial Timeline
- CPR , construction 1883 – 1885
- Ontario Hydro, Long Lake diversion 1937 – 1939
- Highway , construction 1940’s
- Ontario Hydro, Aguasabon Power Pl. 1947 – 1948
- Terrace Bay Townsite, construction 1947 – 1948
- Long Lac Pulp Mill, construction 1947 – 1948
- Long Lac Pulp Mill, operation 1948 – 1958
- Kimberly Clark Pulp, operation 1958 – 2006
- Neenah Pulp, operation 2006 – 2007
- Terrace Bay Pulp, operation 2007 – 2012
- AV Terrace Bay Inc., operation 2012 – present