Lac Seul explores wood factory

Lac Seul is looking into obtaining provincial wood allocations to start up a pre-fabricated house-building factory.
“We put in a proposal to the Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry to do with the wood supply competition,” said Lac Seul Chief Clifford Bull. “Our proposal centres around acquiring a pre-fab house-building factory in the community which would employ 40 people.
“We have not heard from the government of Ontario whether we will be getting that wood allocation, but if we are successful we have some international people that have expressed interest in partnering with Lac Seul.”
Bull said the pre-fab house-building factory would be built in Frenchman’s Head, where the homes would be packaged and sent to markets in the area.
“Hopefully we can have a market up in the northern communities and perhaps elsewhere in cottage country,” Bull said.