White River Forest Products LP (WRFP) is a private corporation that operates a random length sawmill in Northwestern Ontario. Located in White River, Ontario, the mill, known for its quality lumber, is a community-based venture between the Netamisakomik Anishinabek (Pic Mobert First Nation), the White River EDC, and private investors including Frank Dottori, who was the founder and former CEO of Canadian forestry giant, Tembec.
We are a community-based venture building its own future. Our corporate mission is to be a profitable, low cost forestry company, converting forest resources into competitive and innovative quality projects while protecting the environment and creating positive long term social, cultural and economic benefit for the region and its people, employees and shareholders. We advocate a non-discriminatory policy as well as favouring the employment of local and regional residents.
Our core values – People, Pride, Integrity, Responsibility, Innovation, and Teamwork – inspire our actions and guide the behaviour of employees and contractors working within our operations.
We also believe that to be a world leader in our field, our safety goals must includes eliminating all injuries, occupational illnesses, unsafe practices and incidents of environmental harm from our activities. We believe that our work is never so urgent that we cannot take the time to do it safely and in an environmentally responsible manner.
