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RY Timber Townsend

Closed 2020RY TimberID 01892

RY Timber Townsend is a closed softwood sawmill in Townsend, United States, owned by RY Timber.

Location and logistics

Location
Townsend, Montana, United States
Nearest port
Everett · 829 km
Straight-line distance to the nearest major port. Method
Rail siding
No siding mapped
Nearest railway
1.7 km
Map

Capacity and output

Capacity
Not recorded
Production
Not reported
Type
Softwood

Raw material and products

Fibre
Douglas FirPineSpruce

History and sources

Data confidence: Medium (55 of 100) · methodology

Timeline

  1. closure2020
    Closed in April 2020 due to a chronic shortage of timber that the company attributed largely to litigation over Forest Service timber sales, which had kept the mill at half capacity for a decade (about 70 jobs); the mill never reopened and was destroyed by fire in May 2022 weeks before its equipment was to be auctioned.
    Source ↗

Sources

  1. otherchecked 2026-07-25
    montanafreepress.org ↗
  2. otherchecked 2026-07-31
    echodata.epa.gov ↗
  3. directorychecked 2026-09-09
    globalwood.org ↗

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