LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY



         I, William G. Harvey, hereby constitute and appoint each of David G.

Maffucci, Harry F. Geair and William A. McCormick, signing singly, as my true

and lawful attorney-in-fact to (1) sign on my behalf, in my capacity as an

officer of Bowater Incorporated (the "Company"), and any affiliate of the

Company required to file any Form (as defined below), any document necessary to

complete the execution of any form required under Section 16 of the Securities

Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules thereunder ("Section 16"),

including without limitation Forms 3, 4 and 5 (each, a "Form"), (2) do and

perform any and all acts for and on my behalf that may be necessary or desirable

to complete and execute any Form and arrange for the filing of the Form with the

United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any required stock

exchanges in a timely manner and (3) take any other action of any type

whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such

attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally

required by me in connection with Section 16, it being understood that the

documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on my behalf pursuant to this

Limited Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and

conditions as such attorney-in-fact shall approve in his reasonable discretion.

I hereby revoke any and all prior limited powers of attorney granted with

respect to Section 16.



         The authority granted in this power of attorney of each of Mr.

Maffucci, Mr. Geair, or Mr. McCormick as my duly authorized representative to

sign on my behalf is limited to the signing and filing of the Forms. I

acknowledge that neither Mr. Maffucci, Mr. Geair nor Mr. McCormick is assuming,

nor is the Company or any affiliate of the Company assuming, any of my

responsibilities to comply with Section 16.



         I hereby grant to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority

to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary,

or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers granted in

this power of attorney, as fully to all intents and purposes as I might or could

do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby

ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such

attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be

done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein

granted.



         This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until I am

no longer required to file any Form with respect to my holdings of and

transactions in securities issued by the Company or any affiliate of the

Company, unless earlier revoked by me in a signed writing delivered to Mr.

Maffucci, Mr. Geair, Mr. McCormick or the Company.



         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have executed this Power of Attorney as of July

15, 2002.





                                                    /s/ William G. Harvey

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                                                       William G. Harvey