‘Namgis First Nation and the Government of Canada Celebrate Successful Expansion of Atli Chip LP Facility

Last Friday (9-23-22), the Government of Canada joined the ‘Namgis First Nation in celebrating the successful expansion of operations of the Beaver Cove Chip Plant, now operating as Atli Chip LP. The expansion opens up forestry-related opportunities, businesses, careers, and governance with the ‘Namgis traditional territories and other communities in the region.

Funding to Atli Chip LP was made available through the Indigenous Forestry Initiative (IFI) program, which provides financial support to Indigenous-led economic development projects in Canada’s forest sector. Indigenous Services Canada also supported this project through the Strategic Partnership Initiative.

The expanded wood chipping facility can debark and chip larger logs as well as wood chunks, which in turn reduces wood waste. It will provide pulp chips to mills on Vancouver Island and BC’s Lower Mainland, as well as biomass from wood harvest in the ‘Namgis traditional territory and adjacent Forest Resource Licenses.