1

Map of the Atlantic Provinces
2004
Strait of Canso, Nova Scotia, Canada

2

County Industrial Development Association members
1954
Strait of Canso, Nova Scotia, Canada

3

INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE STRAIT OF CANSO - After the Canso Causeway was completed in 1955, the ferry terminals on both sides of the Strait of Canso and railway terminus were removed which led to significant job losses. Town leaders and officials realized that the Causeway would give them a safe, deep water, ice-free harbour to expand the economic base for the community.
The Four Counties Development Association made up of men representing Antigonish, Guysborough, Inverness and Richmond Counties became part of the driving force behind bringing a pulp mill to the Strait of Canso. Their tireless promotion of the new harbour was also instrumental in encouraging other industries to come to the area. One by one international companies recognized the value of the harbour for shipping.

4

Stora Forest Industries Limited plant
1988
Point Tupper Industries

5

PULP MILL FOR THE STRAIT Stora Kopparberg of Falun, Sweden, the oldest incorporated company in the world, began construction of a pulp mill at Point Tupper, Richmond County on the Cape Breton Island side of the Strait of Canso in 1959. The official opening of the mill was on January 2, 1962 at which time more than 400 people worked at the plant and more than 800 were involved in the harvesting and trucking of wood. Markets for the sulphite pulp were mainly overseas. By 1971 the company expanded and added a newsprint operation for markets primarily in North America.

6

Stora Enso Port Hawkesbury
2000
Strait of Canso, Nova Scotia, Canada

7

STORA PORT HAWKESBURY (now Stora Enso Limited) completed the largest capital project in the history of Nova Scotia IN 1998, investing $850 million to build the world's widest and fastest paper machine for magazine and catalogue markets primarily in the United States. At the same time, the old sulphite mill was closed.
Shortly after the inauguration of the new paper machine, STORA, Sweden announced a merger with Enso of Finland and in 1999, Stora Enso acquired Consolidated Papers in the United States forming a North American division. Today Stora Enso's Port Hawkesbury Mill employees approximately 600 at the plant and is part of Stora Enso North America.
www.storaenso.com/porthawkesbury

8

Georgia Pacific Ltd.
2003
Point Tupper Industries

9

GEORGIA PACIFIC INC. - Georgia Pacific (Bestwall Gypsum originally) has been mining gypsum in the Strait of Canso area of Nova Scotia since 1962 starting with the River Denys, Inverness County mine site and moving to the Sugar Camp, Inverness County site in 1992.
They moved once again in 2003 to Melford, Inverness County. They truck the gypsum to their shipping wharf in Point Tupper, Richmond County which is in the location of the original railway roundhouse and rail ferry terminal which operated from 1890 till 1955 when the Canso Causeway was completed. From here, cargo ships such as the one shown are loaded.
www.gp.com

10

Mulgrave Machine Works promotional publication
2004
Mulgrave, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia, Canada

11

MULGRAVE MACHINE WORKS LIMITED was founded in Mulgrave, Nova Scotia in 1969 by Tom Williams and Charles Simpson who had a pulp wood business that needed equipment repaired and maintained. Bob Reid of New Glasgow soon became their working partner.
Acadia Fisheries Ltd. was the largest employer in Mulgrave at the time .They also made use of their services as did Nova Scotia Pulp Limited, and Nova Scotia Power Corporation across on the Cape Breton Island side of the Strait of Canso.

12

Mulgrave Machine Works
2004
Mulgrave, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia, Canada

13

MULGRAVE MACHINE WORKS -The company is a custom metal fabrication firm and is certified to manufacture pressure vessels and piping along with general fabrication of carbon, stainless steel and aluminum. Typical items manufactured include Bio containers, casing connectors, deck modules, foundation embedments, oil field production skids, pneumatic bulk handling systems and subsea templates.
Mulgrave Machine Works has over 40,000 square feet for fabrication, 9,000 square feet of machine shop and over 10,000 square feet of office space. The facility consists of two locations in the town of Mulgrave and employs from 40 to 70 depending on the workload and include tradesmen like welders, riggers, millwrights and electricians.
Mulgrave Machine Works has access to one of the deepest, ice free ports on the North American coast and works in close proximity to the Strait of Canso wharf in Mulgrave which is 1440 feet (440 meters) long with a 30 foot (10 meter) draft and is therefore able to accommodate some of the largest bulk carries. Work was done in 2000 on the Rowan Gorilla III, one of the world's largest jack up style drilling rigs.
www.mulgravemachineworks.com

14

Nova Scotia Power Point Tupper site looking east from the water.
1997
Point Tupper Industries