The mill has 3 paper machines (only 2 are operational) and 2 pulp machines, which produce 349,000 tonnes of newsprint and directory paper, and 355,000 tonnes of northern bleached softwood kraft.

[1] British Columbia Forest Products (BCFP) established the mill in 1957, originally operating only a single-line kraft pulp mill.

[3] Fletcher Challenge bought BCFP (including the mill) in 1987 through its Canadian operations division Crown Forest Industries, and merged to form Fletcher Challenge Canada.

Norske Skog bought the latter in 2000, to operate within its Canadian division, which became Catalyst Paper in 2005.

[4] In early 2024, Paper Excellence shut down paper production at the Crofton mill, pulp production continues.