Canadian Company to Build New Lumber Mill in South Louisiana Here along the coast, we might not see as much of the forest or the trees as they do in the areas north of I-10 but if you weren't aware timber, lumber, and paper products made from those trees are a pretty big business in Louisiana. Governor John Bel Edwards announced yesterday that Louisiana's lumber and timber industry is getting an economic shot in the arm in the form of a new lumber mill to be built in Beauregard Parish. The mill, an estimated $160 million dollar project, is being built by Canada-based Canfor Corporation.