West Fraser Fraser Lake (LeJac)
Closed 2024West Fraser Mills Ltd.West Fraserwestfraser.com (group)ID 01753
West Fraser Fraser Lake (LeJac) is a closed softwood sawmill in LeJac, Canada, owned by West Fraser. With a capacity of 272 000 cubic metres of sawn timber per year it is the 50th largest of the 116 sawmills in Canada with a recorded capacity.
Location and logistics
- Location
- LeJac, British Columbia, Canada
- Nearest port
- Prince Rupert · 364 kmStraight-line distance to the nearest major port. Method
- Rail siding
- Not yet verifiedOpenStreetMap track way/493370192 ↗, 61 m from the site point. Method
- Nearest railway
- 0.1 km
Map
Capacity and output
- Capacity
- about 272 000 m3/y sawn timberreported as 160 MMBF/y · Annual report
- Production
- Not reported
- Type
- Softwood
Raw material and products
Sawn timber
History and sources
Timeline
- closure2024West Fraser announced on January 22, 2024 the permanent closure of the Fraser Lake sawmill following an orderly wind down, citing the inability to access economically viable fibre in the region (about 175 jobs).Source ↗
Sources
- otherchecked 2026-07-25www2.gov.bc.ca ↗
- otherchecked 2026-07-26openstreetmap.org ↗
- otherchecked 2026-07-26cbc.ca ↗
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- annual reportchecked 2026-09-07westfraser.com ↗
- otherchecked 2026-09-09sfidatabase.org ↗
- otherchecked 2026-10-27westfraser.com ↗
Related facilities
West Fraser
Largest in Canada
How to cite
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