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Port McNeill is also the Hometown of Willie Mitchell, an NHL defenceman for the Los Angeles Kings and is also the birthplace of Minnesota Wild defenceman Clayton Stoner. Accounting for 25.7% of the labour force, logging remains the primary employer in Port McNeill and contributes approximately 8% of the total BC timber harvest. The main contractors are Western Forest Products and LeMare Lake Logging.
February 2007 marked the opening day of Orca Sand & Gravel LP, the largest sand and gravel quarry in the northern hemisphere. Material is shipped via 70,000 tonne container ships to ports in California and Hawaii and via 7000 tonne barges to Vancouver.
Kwagis Power, owned by Brookfield Renewable Power and the 'Namgis First Nation, plans to construct a 45 megawatt hydroelectric facility on the Kokish River near Port McNeill. The Steelhead Society of B.C. and the Western Canada Wilderness Committee oppose the project.
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