West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd.TSX: WFG

West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. - Dividend Notice

WFT

VANCOUVER, Sept. 12 /CNW/ - The Board of Directors of West Fraser Timber
Co. Ltd. has declared a quarterly dividend of $0.14 per share on the Common
shares and Class B Common shares in the capital of the Company, payable on
October 16, 2006 to shareholders of record on September 25, 2006.

West Fraser is an integrated forest products company that produces
lumber, LVL, MDF, plywood, pulp, linerboard, kraft paper and newsprint. The
Company has manufacturing operations in British Columbia, Alberta and the
southern United States. West Fraser has approximately 6,900 employees and is
headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia.

West Fraser Common shares trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the
symbol WFT