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Canfor Plateau (Vanderhoof/Engen)

Canfor Plateau (Vanderhoof/Engen) is a closed softwood sawmill in Engen, Canada, with a capacity of 603 000 cubic metres of sawn timber per year.

Company
Canadian Forest Products Ltd.
Group
Canfor
WoodComp ID
01710 (how IDs work)
Country
Canada
City
Engen
Status
Closed 2024
Capacity
about 603 000 m3/y sawn timber (reported as 355 MMBF/y)
verified 2026-09-07
Type
Softwood

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Raw material

FirPineSpruce

Related facilities

Canfor Plateau (Vanderhoof/Engen) is the 5th largest sawmill in Canada of the 113 with a sawn timber capacity figure in WoodComp's register.

More Canfor facilities
Intercontinental Pulp Mill ·Northwood Mill ·Prince George Mill ·Canfor Houston ·Canfor Prince George
Largest sawmills in Canada
Barrette-Chapais ·GreenFirst Cochrane ·GreenFirst Chapleau ·Groupe Lebel Saint-Pamphile ·Bois Daaquam (Groupe Lebel, Saint-Just-de-Bretenières)
Nearest facilities
Nechako Lumber (Vanderhoof) (18 km) ·West Fraser Fraser Lake (LeJac) (28 km) ·Apollo Forest Products (Fort St. James) (52 km) ·Babine Forest Products (Burns Lake) (78 km) ·Lakeland Mills (Prince George) (105 km)

Timeline

  1. 2024closure

    Canfor announced on 4 September 2024 the permanent closure of the Plateau sawmill by the end of 2024, citing persistent challenges accessing economic fibre, ongoing financial losses, weak lumber markets and increased US tariffs, with about 500 employees affected across Plateau and Fort St. John.

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Sources

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WoodComp (). Canfor Plateau (Vanderhoof/Engen) (WoodComp ID 01710). WoodComp facility database, version 2026-09. Accessed the date you retrieved it. https://woodcomp.world/id/1710

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