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By Ginnie Beardsley

| Prince George, called British Columbia’s Centre
City for obvious geographical reasons, is also
proudly referred to by its residents as the White
Spruce Capital of the province—or perhaps the
world, depending on the outlook of the speaker.

Whichever is true, the white spruce has built
much of Prince George, as the raw material that

feeds the sawmills, and pulp and paper
production.

Prince George’s two lar-
gest mills both offer the
visitor a chance to see the
process of converting the
spruce, as well as lodgepole
pine, ana Douglas and
balsam fir, into pulp and

paper.

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A TRAVEL Northwood Pulp Limited
BRITISH COLUMBI At and Prince George Pulp and
| Paper offer guided tours. . :
from “May to the end of . / - . 7
“= August. Northwood tours . oe
Co . take place weekdays at 19 onto railcars. Pulp which will ine can rush the paper. either mill. Flat shoes and
sa a.m.and2 p.m. They take an be sold as such undergoes through. at speeds of up to slacks are the approved |
hour and a half, the first part five stages of bleaching 2,000 feet per minute. The  clothing;.the mill will lend .
of which is given’over to a before being dried, formed finished product is cut into you a hard hat: Northwood a
slide or film presentation into continuous sheets, cut rolls of required length,. welcomes visitors over 12
explaining the Kraft pulp and baled. strapped, weighed and ship- years of age; Prince George
manufacturing process. ped. ; _. Pulp allows children between
. oe six and 12 when accompan-
, . ied by an adult. |

) - CHECK IN ADVANCE |
TWO PROCESSES Tours of the mills are very.
ii Stock designed for sale as popular with groups and.
wood chips on their journey paper is fed into the only organizations, and for this
through the cooking noces. Kraft paper-making machine reason, ‘it’s advisable to
through various eashin ; in this area of British “check with the tour guide in
and five stages of bleaching Columbia. This giant mach- advance if you want to visit
through two stages of drying, . : ee ,
and cooling, cutting. an

baling for shipment. “ | : , | .

Prince George Pulp offers
the chance to see two
different’ processes in its
one-hour tours. held at 1:00
and 3:00 on weekday after-
noons. Following the wash-
‘Ing and screening of the
digested pulp, the material
at this mill takes one of two
routes before it is loaded

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