Tolko High Prairie
OperatingTolko Industries Ltd.Tolko Industriestolko.comID 01771
Tolko High Prairie is an operating panel mill in High Prairie, Canada, owned by Tolko Industries, with a capacity of 734 000 cubic metres of panels per year.
Location and logistics
- Nearest port
- Squamish · 780 kmStraight-line distance to the nearest major port. Method
- Rail siding
- Own sidingVerified by satellite 2026-10-02OpenStreetMap track way/360440530 ↗, 266 m from the site point. Method
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Capacity and output
- Capacity
- 734 000 m3/y panels
- Production
- Not reported
History and sources
Timeline
- other2022A press fire in May 2022 destroyed much of the mill's equipment and stopped production, and Tolko began rebuilding on the existing site with a new press line targeted to make first board by the end of 2023.Source ↗
- startup2017After a restart decision in early 2017 and about 65 million dollars of investment, the mill produced its first board in November 2017 and reached full production in January 2018.Source ↗
- curtailment2008Operations were suspended in 2008 during the economic downturn that followed the United States housing crisis.Source ↗
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- startup1994The High Prairie mill came online in 1994 as Tolko's first oriented strand board plant and its first greenfield mill.Source ↗
Sources
- otherchecked 2026-07-25tolko.com ↗
- otherchecked 2026-07-26openstreetmap.org ↗
- otherchecked 2026-07-26lakesideleader.com ↗
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- otherchecked 2026-07-26southpeacenews.com ↗
- otherchecked 2026-07-26tolko.com ↗
- otherchecked 2026-10-02openstreetmap.org ↗
Related facilities
Tolko Industries
How to cite
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