Canfor Polar (Bear Lake)
Closed 2024Canadian Forest Products Ltd.CanforID 01712
Canfor Polar (Bear Lake) is a closed softwood sawmill in Bear Lake, Canada, owned by Canfor. With a capacity of 509 000 cubic metres of sawn timber per year it is the 8th largest of the 116 sawmills in Canada with a recorded capacity.
Location and logistics
- Location
- Bear Lake, British Columbia, Canada
- Nearest port
- Prince Rupert · 496 kmStraight-line distance to the nearest major port. Method
- Rail siding
- No siding mappedOpenStreetMap track way/399001934 ↗, 295 m from the site point. Method
- Nearest railway
- 0.3 km
Map
Capacity and output
- Capacity
- about 509 000 m3/y sawn timberreported as 300 MMBF/y · Company figure
- Production
- Not reported
- Type
- Softwood
Raw material and products
History and sources
Timeline
- closure2024-05-09Canfor announced the permanent closure of the Polar sawmill in Bear Lake on 9 May 2024, after a curtailment since January 2024, citing a persistent shortage of economically available timber and challenging operating conditions in northern British Columbia (about 180 jobs).Source ↗
Sources
- otherchecked 2026-07-27princegeorgecitizen.com ↗
- otherchecked 2026-09-26canfor.com ↗
- otherchecked 2026-07-30catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca ↗
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- company websitechecked 2026-09-09canfor.com (archived copy) ↗
Related facilities
Canfor
Largest in Canada
How to cite
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