The Acadia Paper Mill was established in Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...

 by Anthony Henry Holland

Anthony Henry Holland

Anthony Henry Holland was a Halifax businessman and printer.Holland is best known for founding the Acadian Recorder in 1813. In 1819, he founded and successfully ran the first paper mill in Atlantic Canada. It was known as the Acadia Paper Mill and was located on the Nine Mile River, near Bedford...

 around 1819. It was the second paper mill in Canada and the first in Atlantic Canada.The mill was built on the Nine Mile River

Nine Mile River, Nova Scotia

Nine Mile River is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in the Municipal District of East Hants .-References:*...

, near Bedford Basin

Bedford Basin

Bedford Basin is a large enclosed bay, forming the northwestern end of Halifax Harbour on Canada's Atlantic coast.-Geography:Geographically, the basin is situated entirely within the Halifax Regional Municipality and is oriented northwest-southeast, measuring approximately 8 kilometres long and 5...

. Early paper makers included two son-in-laws of Holland; John Campbell and Samuel Courtney.

From 1839 to 1841, Charles Fenerty

Charles Fenerty

Charles Fenerty , is a Canadian inventor who invented the wood pulp process for papermaking, which was first adapted into the production of newsprint. Fenerty was also a poet...

experimented with wood fibers at this mill. The Canadian inventor produced the first sheet of paper made from wood pulp in North America.