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Since
April 2006 this paper and pulp mill has been a fixture in my
trespassing life. Ordinarily, due to its distance from Winnipeg
I would have visited this place only a handful of times. But due
to my work detail in N.W. Ontario I was able to peek inside this
vast and confusing complex of buildings more than 15 times over
the past two summers. So it came with great sadness when one day
I saw giant machines resting after a hard day of destroying the
wood processing buildings on the east side of the property. I
knew that this would be the last summer for the mill and so I
was resolved to see what I was still a mystery to me.
In my previous exploits mill security and the excellent nature
of building sealing made a number of buildings still
un-explored. These included the Sulphite Mill, Records Office
and Recycled Paper Division. In addition to these three, there
were still portions of the buildings I had already entered that
had not been explored. This was due in large part to time
constraints and the confusing interior arrangement of mill
equipment which made the building more of a maze than a
functional working environment.
By the time I ended my tenure in N.W. Ontario for another year
in September 2007, only one building remained on my "to-do"
list. This was due solely to the fact that security was watching
the equipment parked outside of the building. Although I was
able to climb to the various levels of roofs, no entry could be
attained without walking directly in front of security's line of
vision (which had been attempted in a previous mission and
without success). Below are the pictures compiled of the various
buildings and departments that once gave N.W. Ontarians their
livelihoods. |
