At the end of its life, the mill had three paper machines, with a combined annual production of 373,000 tonnes of newsprint and 153,000 tonnes specialized papers.

This was made possible through the construction of hydroelectric generating stations on the Campbell River.

It merged in 1987 to form Fletcher Challenge Canada.

This was again bought by Norske Skog in 2000 and became part of their Canadian division, which became Catalyst Paper in 2005.

Elk Falls Mill was closed in 2010 due to diminishing demand for newsprint.