Woodfibre
Woodfibre, originally Britannia West, was a pulp mill and at one time a small company town, on the west side of upper Howe Sound near Squamish, British Columbia. The mill closed in March 2006.
- Locality
- …lies at an elevation of around 10 metres (50 feet)
- …is also known as “Woodfibre, British Columbia”
- …dates from 1912
- Description: human settlement in British Columbia, Canada
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Woodfibre
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Latitude
49.6663° or 49° 39′ 59″ north
Longitude
-123.25269° or 123° 15′ 10″ west
UN/LOCODE
CA WOO
Open location code
84XRMP8W+GW
OpenStreetMap ID
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place = locality
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to French—“Woodfibre” goes by many names.
Woodfibre, British ColumbiaDutch
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