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Woodlands Operations

British Columbia · Ontario · Québec · Newfoundland

Québec
Québec-Centre, Saguenay

Address
4910, Boulevard Talbot
Laterrière (Québec)
Canada G7N 1A3
Tel. (418) 678-2778 ext.2232 (Patrice Boucher)
Fax. (418) 678-9334

Manager: André Tremblay

Number of Employees

  • Administration : 77
  • Sawmills : 296
  • Silviculture : 143

    Supply (mills/sawmills supplied)

  • Saint-Fulgence Sawmill: 376 511 m3
  • La Baie Sawmill: 167 598 m3
  • Petit-Saguenay Sawmill: 149 969 m3
  • Laterrière Sawmill: 224 73

    Forest Management Program

  • Timber supply and forest management agreement (CAAF), 25-year term, renewable every 5 years

    Roads

  • Construction: 200 km of roads annually
  • Maintenance: 150 km of main road network

    Camps

  • Sablon
  • Rouvray
  • Launière

    Harvest

  • 918 812 m3/year: 9 000 h

    Silviculture Operations:

  • Natural regeneration: 8,500 ha
  • Artificial regeneration: 1 million seedlings planted annually (600 ha)
  • Commercial and pre-commercial thinning: 5,700 ha
  • New planning and monitoring technologies for supply territory (GIS, GPS, satellite imagery, etc.)
  • Others (drainage, cleaning, natural regeneration): 800 ha

    • Other Business Activities - Partnerships (number of employees)

      Coopérative Laterrière
        • Sawmill: 143
        • Forest: 115
    • Other contractors
        • Sawmills: 45
        • Forest: 311
    More information
      • Please visit our sustainable forest management section
    Map of Woodlands operations

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