Vanderwell Contractors (Slave Lake)

OperatingVanderwell Contractors (1971) Ltd.Vanderwell vanderwell.comID 01775

Vanderwell Contractors (Slave Lake) is an operating softwood sawmill in Slave Lake, Canada, owned by Vanderwell. With a capacity of 204 000 cubic metres of sawn timber per year it is the 76th largest of the 116 sawmills in Canada with a recorded capacity.

Location and logistics

Location: Slave Lake, Alberta, Canada
Site: Vanderwell Contractors Slave Lake pellet plantpellet plant · 60 000 t/y pellets
Shares the industrial site with the facilities listed. Each is its own record with its own capacity and status.
Nearest port: Squamish · 848 km
Straight-line distance to the nearest major port. Method
Rail siding: No siding mapped
Nearest railway: 1.2 km

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Capacity and output

Capacity: about 204 000 m3/y sawn timber
reported as 120 MMBF/y · Company figure
Production: Not reported
Type: Softwood

Raw material and products

Fibre

Pine Spruce

Sawn timber

Planed timber Sawn timber

Also produces

Sawdust Sawmill chips Shavings

Certifications

PEFC

History and sources

Data confidence: High (100 of 100) · methodology

Timeline

Sources

company websitechecked 2026-10-10
vanderwell.com ↗
otherchecked 2026-07-27
chamber.myslavelake.com ↗
otherchecked 2026-07-30
server.arcgisonline.com ↗

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company websitechecked 2026-07-27
vanderwell.com ↗
newschecked 2026-09-09
lakesideleader.com ↗

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Nearby

Vanderwell Contractors Slave Lake pellet plant· 0 km Slave Lake Pulp· 6 km Tolko Athabasca· 7 km Al-Pac Mill· 117 km Tolko High Prairie· 122 km

How to cite

WoodComp (). Vanderwell Contractors (Slave Lake) (WoodComp ID 01775). WoodComp facility database, version 2026-11. Accessed the date you retrieved it. https://woodcomp.world/id/1775