The Birth of the Logging Industry

In the 1840’s, Nicol Finlayson wrote of seeing the Indians fishing at Manitou Rapids and described the forest along the river: … the forest on both banks consists of birch and hard wood instead of the eternal pine forests, which have been hitherto passed through. The settlers had to accept […]

Excellent quality bleached pulp being produced The Fort Frances kraft mill, costing $45 million and acclaimed as the most modern in Canada, is now operating but still in the start-up phase, according to Jack Haase, mill manager for the Ontario-Minnesota Pulp and Paper Co. Ltd. Production of bleached pulp to […]

Why Fort Frances? Much Study Preceded Actual Construction How come the Fort Frances kraft mill? What economic and technological considerations guided O-M in it’s decision to invest $45 million in this facility? What’s the background for this immense expansion? The Ontario-Minnesota Pulp and Paper Company Ltd. studied the feasibility of […]

Conveyors From River, Truck and Rail Spur Feed Pulpwood by Hundreds of Cords to Mill The new Fort Frances woodroom which was placed in operation here in 1952, replaced facilities, a part of which has been in operation since 1914, when the mill was constructed. The old woodroom did not […]

No. 7 Machine Modernized This Spring to Complete Program Of Rebuilding Fort Frances Units With the rebuilding of the No. 7 paper machine this spring, the Fort Frances plant of The Ontario-Minnesota Pulp and Paper Company Ltd. now now can boast of three modern machines. The unit is the third […]

Over 1600 Million ft. Of Lumber Cut; Payroll Totalled $20 Millions The Shevlin-Clarke Co. Ltd, which operated Canada’s largest pine sawmill in Fort Frances from 1911 to 1940, has suspended operations and, by mid-June, will pass completely from the local scene. On June 5, 1911, the first logs were run […]

Will be Known as Ontario And Minnesota Paper Company; Kenora and Fort Frances Plants Are in the New Company MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — Formation of the Ontario-Minnesota Pulp and Paper Company Limited under Letters Patent granted under date of April 28 was announced by R. H. M. Robinson, President of Minnesota […]

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.— R. H. M. Robinson of Minneapolis, was elected president of the Minnesota and Ontario Paper Company, March 1, at the initial meeting of the board of directors of the reorganized company appointed on January 10 by Judge Gunner H. Dordbye, U. S. District Court of the District of […]

The blast of the Shevlin-Clark Sawmill whistle last evening marked the end of the 1940 sawing season for that large industry and possibly the end of all sawing seasons for the Shevlin-Clark Company Ltd. As yet, no definite commitments have been made as to the future plans of the company, […]

Both sawmills of the Shevlin-Clarke Company Ltd., will start operations on April 2nd this year, subject to weather conditions proving favourable, officials of the company stated today. This will come as good news to the people of the district, as news to the people of the district, as the opening […]

Minnesota, Dec. 2– C. T. Jaffray, president of the Soo Line, and R. H. M. Robinson of New York were appointed receivers of the Minnesota and Ontario Pulp and Paper Company to succeed E. W. Backus, E. W. Decker and Charles W. Fowler, resigned. Appointment was made by Federal Judge […]

Minnesota and Ontario Firm’s Obligations to be Met, He Says Minneaplolis Minn., March 3. — Edward W. Backus, president of the Minnesota and Ontario Paper company, placed in voluntary receivership in federal court here Saturday, said last night plans are underway to for refunding the company’s which mature March 1. […]