Great Northern Timber Group of Companies

Great Northern Timber procures wood chips and roundwood fibre from industrial landowners, sawmills, Crown lands, Private land contractors and Private woodlot management organizations in Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick and Quebec. Great Northern Timber also conducts harvesting activities on purchase stumpage properties.

The forest is generally mixed softwood and hardwood species of spruce (Picea), maple (Acer), and birch (Betula). Spruce comprises the majority of the softwood component while maple the majority of the hardwood resource.

Spruce is a world renowned species for lumber and paper with long fibre and high density due to the northern climate. Maple provides excellent fibre for paper and board manufacturers as well as great characteristics for biomass and pellet production. The higher quality maple logs are used for furniture, cabinets and flooring.

The forest industry in the region indicates a surplus of both softwood and hardwood fibre. Challenges in both the lumber and pulp & paper sectors have created a forest resource that is currently under utilized. Great Northern Timber has a diversified fibre supply network and actively markets wood fibre from this under utilized resource.

Additional information on the forest resource in Nova Scotia is available at:

www.gov.ns.ca/natr/forestry/
www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/departments/natural_resources.html
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