Vaagen Fibre Canada (Midway)

Idled 2023Vaagen Fibre Canada Vaagen Brothers Lumber vaagenbros.com (group)ID 01751

Vaagen Fibre Canada (Midway) is an idled softwood sawmill in Midway, Canada, owned by Vaagen Brothers Lumber. With a capacity of 244 000 cubic metres of sawn timber per year it is the 66th largest of the 116 sawmills in Canada with a recorded capacity.

Location and logistics

Location: Midway, Canada

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Capacity and output

Capacity: about 244 000 m3/y sawn timber
reported as 144 MMBF/y
Production: Not reported
Type: Softwood

Raw material and products

Fibre

Hemlock Pine

Sawn timber

Also produces

Bark Sawdust Sawmill chips

History and sources

Data confidence: High (100 of 100) · methodology

Timeline

curtailment2023
Indefinite shutdown announced January 2023, citing lack of forest tenure (the mill bought all logs on the open market); a brief partial restart in early 2023, no operation since.
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Sources

otherchecked 2026-07-25
www2.gov.bc.ca ↗
otherchecked 2026-07-27
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company websitechecked 2026-09-09
vaagenbros.com ↗

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otherchecked 2026-09-10
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Related facilities

Vaagen Brothers Lumber

Vaagen Bros Colville Vaagen Bros Usk

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How to cite

WoodComp (). Vaagen Fibre Canada (Midway) (WoodComp ID 01751). WoodComp facility database, version 2026-11. Accessed the date you retrieved it. https://woodcomp.world/id/1751