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Notes to Canadian Mills Data Set

Global Forest Watch Canada
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Metadata information:

1) Data name: 
	canada_mills

2) Short description:
	Spatial dataset of all mills in Canada for which GFWC could obtain information. Company name, address, mill-type, products, and production level information are included where available. 

3) Data type and format: 
	Vector digital data, Arc View (*.shp)

4) Creation Date: 
	February 2004

5) Source of information--data origin:
	Major sources of information/data include the following:
	Cater L (Pub.), Wong B (Ed.). 2002. Madison's Canadian Lumber Directory. Madison's Canadian Lumber Reporter (1973) Ltd. 312 pp.
	Natural Resources Canada. 2003. Sawmills of Canada (Atlas of Canada). Poster and spatial file, and Directory of primary wood-using industries in Manitoba. Bohning, R.A.; Middlebro´, W.G.A.; Bell, J.L. 2001. Directory of primary wood-using industries in Manitoba, 2001. Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Northern Forestry Centre, Edmonton, Alberta. Available online: http://nofc.cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/mbprimary/en/index_e.php  (January 20 2004).
	Ministry of Forests, Government of British Columbia. Economics and Trade Branch, Ministry of Forests. Government of British Columbia. 2001. Major Primary Timber Processing Facilities in British Columbia 2001. Victoria,B.C. [The 2002 version has since been published and is available online: http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/ftp/Het/external/!publish/web/Mill%20List/Mill_List__2002.pdf  (January 20 2004).
	Ministry of Natural Resources, Government of Ontario.
	Ministre des Ressources naturelles, de la Faune et des Parcs, Government of Québec. Québec Ministry of Natural Resources (Ministère des Ressources naturelles, de la Faune et des Parcs). More recently updated information on wood-processing facilities is available at: http://www.mrnfp.gouv.qc.ca/forets/entreprises/entreprises-transformation-publications-industrie-repertoire.jsp  (January 20 2004).
	Over 100 company and government websites with information on forest product mills.
	Forest companies: Tembec, Domtar, Tolko.


6) Production Code (Field #2) referes to the codes assigned by "Natural Resources Canada. 2003. Sawmills of Canada (Atlas of Canada). Poster and spatial file," as follows:
- Code 1 (sawmills) -- 10.0-29.9 thousand cubic metres or 4.24-12.69 millions of board feet
- Code 2 (sawmills) -- 30.0-99.0 thousand cubic metres or 12.7-42.37 millions of board feet
- Code 3 (sawmills) -- 100.0-299.9 thousand cubic metres or 42.38-126.9 millions of board feet
- Code 4 (sawmills) -- 300.0-1030.8 thousand cubic metres or 127.0-436.9 millions of board feet
- cODE D (pulp and paper mills) -- >200 M tons / year


6) Projection Information:
	Projection: Lambert Conformal Conic
	Units: meters 
	Spheroid: Clarke 1866
	Central Meridian: -95 degrees
	Reference Latitude: 49 degrees
	Standard Parallel 1: 77 degrees
	Standard Parallel 2: 49 degrees
	False Easting: 0 m
	False Northing: 0 m	

7) Publisher:
	Global Forest Watch Canada
	10337 146 Street 
	Edmonton, Alberta
	T5N 3A3
	www.globalforestwatch.org
	gfwcanada@shaw.ca

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Description of Fields:

Company = Company name.
Type = Type of operations.
Address = Address of mill.
City_town = City/Town where mill is located.
Province = Province where mill is located.
Products = Products produced at this mill site.	
Production = Production rates, units vary.