Town of Port Hawkesbury

Centennial Woodland Trails

The Stora Enso Centennial Woodland Trails were established on a woodlot purchased by the Company in 1976. The land formed part of an original grant to John Reeves in 1819.
The woodlot is typical of Cape Breton. The better drained land on the upper hillside was used for pasture 70 years ago. It was later abandoned and grew up as spruce and fir. The remaining land was more suited to growing trees and was kept as woodland. In the late 1970s, most of the softwood trees were killed by the spruce budworm. Since then Stora Enso has managed the site.
Salvage Cutting (1977-1979): Green belts were kept along streams. All hardwood stands and large oak, ash, and white pine were preserved.

Reforestation (1980/1981): 10% of the area was brush raked and planted with more than 10,000 softwood seedlings. Spacing of natural regeneration occurred along Crandall Road.
Plantations contain trees from the Maritimes and Western Canada -- native red, white, and black spruce; red, white, and jack pines, and Western Lodgepole pine; European species such as Norway spruce, Siberian larch, and Scots pine were also planted.

Naturally regenerated native spruce, fir, pine, tamarack, hemlock, maple, birch, poplar, white ash, and red oak occupy 90% of the property.

Stora Enso planted its 50 millionth seedling in 1986. The 100 millionth seedling was planted in 1995 at Queensville on Highway 105 not far from the Woodland Trails.

Stora Enso Port Hawkesbury Limited is the largest forest products company in Nova Scotia. Located in Point Tupper on the shores of the Strait of Canso since 1962, the Company produces supercalendered paper for magazines and catalogues, and newsprint for North American markets.
Stora Enso's Port Hawkesbury mill is part of the newly created Stora Enso Group, formed by the merger of STORA, Sweden and Enso, Finland.

Our Port Hawkesbury mill's forest management policy is to provide a continuous supply of wood, to sustain vigorous healthy forests, and to ensure that these forests meet the needs of society, wildlife, and the environment.

Forests are Canada's most valuable renewable resource. Vital economic, social, and environmental benefits are derived from our woodlands. Productive forests, that are properly managed can provide wildlife habitat, natural beauty, and many recreational benefits.

Stora Enso

Stora Enso Port Hawkesbury Limited Post Office Box 9500 Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia Canada B9A 1 A1 Phone: (902) 625-2460 Fax: (902) 625-1105