Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
MacMillan Bloedel
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Other form(s) of name
- MacMillan, Bloedel and Powell River Limited
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
History
MacMillan Bloedel Ltd. traces its roots in B.C. to 1911 with the establishment of Bloedel, Stewart & Welch. In 1919, Harvey MacMillan, along with W.J. VanDusen, established the H.R. MacMillan Export Company. Ltd. to sell British Columbia lumber on the world market. In 1951, the two companies joined to form MacMillan & Bloedel Ltd. The merger made the company one of the largest firms in the world engaged in both the production and sale of lumber. The 1960 amalgamation with the Powell River Company made the newly formed MacMillan, Bloedel and Powell River Company one of North America's largest producers of newsprint. The name Powell River was removed from the corporate title at the annual general meeting of 1966 and the company became MacMillan Bloedel Ltd.