Red Rock, Ontario

Red Rock is a township in Northwestern Ontario, Canada, located in the Thunder Bay District.

[1] Red Rock's main source of employment was a kraft paper mill owned by Norampac.

This was due to unfavourable economic conditions such as the rising price of fibre, energy costs and the strengthening Canadian dollar.

In September 2007 Norampac announced the sale of its Red Rock plant to American Logistic Services Inc. A new plywood mill was supposed to be operational by fall 2008, this deadline had been pushed back to spring 2009.

The plans were ultimately cancelled however as the plant was torn down and the land was sold to Riversedge Developments in April 2015.

There has been talk of constructing a sea port and biomass plant on the land, but it remains unclear whether this will be the case.

In 2023, Rock Tech Lithium, BMI Group and Red Rock Indian Band signed a memorandum of understanding with the hopes of building a build a lithium conversion facility and shipping port on the former Norampac site.

Red Rock Inn, a post-and-beam landmark in Neo-Georgian style and once the social centre of the community. Over the years, it has also been home to several businesses, a library, classrooms, and housing for teachers. [ 3 ] [ 12 ]