Kruger's Corner Brook Pulp and Paper Limited has donated the timber rights of 49 km² to the creation of the new Main River Waterway Provincial Park in Newfoundland.

Not only did the company give up their timber rights for the area that now falls within the park, Corner Brook Pulp and Paper has agreed to carry out only selective harvesting in the adjacent special management area.

Located at the base of the great Northern Peninsula, the Main River flows in a southeastern direction for 57-kilometres from the tundra-like barrens of the Long Range Mountains through old growth forests, a unique aquatic system known as the Big Steady, and a 23- kilometre white-water canyon before entering into the Atlantic Ocean, near Sop’s Arm.

The area offers opportunities for paddling, angling, snowmobiling, ecotourism ventures and scientific research. Now that the area is protected by a provincial park, Main River will be able to remain a tourist destination, while being protected and maintained for future generations.

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New provincial park boasts old growth forests and a white water canyon (The Western Star)