! The gin:
). Celgar eee is to bef
i the history of the’ Celanese‘ Co:
* poration ‘of- America. Heed Kat
bo When Celgar Development | th
} Ltd. announced in 1952 that it
> was considering the construction
of a $65 million dollar forest 'in-
dustries complex here, ‘the’ plot
of. the story. was already well-
developed.
In 1940, Camille and. Henry
Dreyfus, founders .of | Celgar’s
parent, Celanese. Corporation,
perfected a chemical process for.
abstracting high purity alpha
cellulose (96 per cent), from
wood.’ This discovery | brought
them: to British Columbia after ies
the Second World War, and Co-|.°. The new mill-was: designed
lumbia Cellulose Co. Ltd., was] to produce 500. tons of bleached,
formed. 5 semi-bleached - and: kraft

is nee Conadlen compen rs Gay a sas sStahe,vrviod.toueh hich

ro- A whic ww | Celear studied the’ feasthilitv. of
? ; I building in the area and brought pping of p
‘| the: Celgar. project to fruitation.| & : Hi ; i in a } he sawmill iand;‘p'
replaced. three’ sawmills! (at!‘Na-|has been one of ‘corresponding : nares : * Of thi ‘lands :was’ béen-facilitated by:
kusp. Sidmouth and Castlegar) |#rowth for the Kootenays. ‘The : Figs of the main CP!
originally ‘purchased by. the: dev- | successful: operation: of Celar ari
icence to the company in‘ 1948.|elopment company’: when ~ the | hac attracted other.commanies in-
ul young company !company made its interest .in the | to the interior and today a num-
2 SAE eS ber of new, mills have been built
being considered: at. in-
lor peeOne aaa ola
. number ‘of physical pro-
folems had to be overcome be-| °C ‘ the: rm'lice i 2 ath riined ont w- | tons of ‘ant
fore the miill*could ‘be ‘consider-| are di fou cks; for | to: be: Di : | + Jer-type. tractors; ‘boats, " Sill Sake D
ed “for this ‘area. The mill ‘re- opera i As o.the‘grant- ¢ Wa ars, fan rs, trueks:t ini b
quires a devendable and large ; BS cel : ve ; ahs e ‘ 4
supplv of fresh water for its
overation and the company es-
tablished. wells alongside the Co-
lumblayeiver ,aS:a source of;.wa-
er. i

Se SANS EE A OS REN TS

"The original contract .. to |!
‘| drill the: wells ‘stipulated: that’
they, supply 40 ‘million U.S. gal-
“| tons: ber: day" (72,000 ‘gallons :per,
ton of pulp.produced) that would
r eval g requirements for
ple‘ supply: of pure ‘water.
Problems encountered caused
‘the <company’.to use* both! river
and wen water for the eae : : e 50 t/a
To, support the sawmill and||-- wo ; i es g j a many func:
pulp mill, the’ government of the H n re pul i ith the sulohite cates ‘ —
‘province. granted :'the company P y ‘ A i : limells t 4 Wats Jan B aed | Hee ea ‘This yi
included "860,000 productive LiL : ime { known before Celgar’s develop-{." Columba Catt ned al ee areas
| included «860,000 ; productive |: : pe Bas ; : ee aiusiwe nek | roducts » “tury. of nationhood:
of forest land’ stretching ae whee Sere : | partn E ce netionto a
‘200 miles north from : i : cae Fe : te in| Svenska’ get, } i a a
‘UvAdvaneed  loggi ni-| fos. : i { id Swede Best. iS
ques allow ‘the: company ‘to ‘pro- ! é * “| c
.duce approximately ‘300,000 cun-
‘| | its ‘of. wood: The TFL area‘ north

* Production" dates::were<st
< up. during. construction of,
i mill due ‘tothe ‘excellent: nro- [pi
: : ese Baie natate : i  * gress made in the field ‘wor! ID.
2p OS UNECE STS oe gb a : ;, woods division a : M io i0 men were employe dur. | hie
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