1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
   Fuller, Arthur D.
   55 East Camperdown Way
   Post Office Box 1028
   Greenville, SC 29602-1028
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
   Bowater Incorporated (BOW)
3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
4. Statement for Month/Year
   2002
5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)
6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
   ( ) Director                   ( ) 10% Owner
   (X) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other (specify below)
   Exec VP & Pres-Newsprint Div
7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
   (X) Form filed by One Reporting Person
   ( ) Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

TABLE I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

+---------------------------------+----------+-------------+-----------------------------+----------------+-----------+------------+
|1. Title of Security             |2. Trans- |3. Trans-    |4. Securities Acquired (A)   |5. Amount of    |6. Owner-  |7. Nature   |
|                                 |   action |   action    |   or Disposed of (D)        |   Securities   |   ship    |   of In-   |
|                                 |   Date   |   Code      |                             |   Beneficially |   Form:   |   direct   |
|                                 |          |             |                             |   Owned at     |   Direct  |   Bene-    |
|                                 |  (Month/ |             |                             |   End of       |   (D) or  |   ficial   |
|                                 |   Day/   |             +-----------+------+----------+   Year         |   Indirect|   Owner-   |
|                                 |   Year)  |             |Amount     |A/D   |Price     |                |   (I)     |   ship     |
+---------------------------------+----------+-------------+-----------+------+----------+----------------+-----------+------------+
                                                                                               
Common Stock                                                                              10000            D
Common Stock                                                                              5069.16      I           401(k) Plan





TABLE II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

+-------------+--------+----------+---------+-----------+---------------------+----------------+----------+--------+-------+-------+
|1.           |2.      |3.        |4.       |5.         |6.                   |7.              |8.        |9.      |10.    |11.    |
|             |        |          |         |           |                     |                |          |Number  |Owner- |       |
|             |        |          |         |           |                     |                |          |of      |ship   |       |
|             |        |          |         |           |                     |                |          |Deriv-  |Form of|       |
|             |        |          |         |           |                     |Title and Amount|          |ative   |Deriv- |       |
|             |        |          |         |           |                     |of Underlying   |          |Secur-  |ative  |Nature |
|             |Conver- |          |         |Number of  |                     |Securities      |          |ities   |Secur- |of     |
|             |sion or |          |         |Derivative |Date Exercisable     +-------+--------+          |Benefi- |ity:   |In-    |
|             |Exercise|          |         |Securities |and Expiration Date  |       |Amount  |          |cially  |Direct |direct |
|             |Price of|Transac-  |Transac- |Acquired(A)|(Month/Day/Year)     |       |or      |          |Owned   |(D) or |Bene-  |
|Title of     |Deriv-  |tion Date |tion Code|Disposed(D)+----------+----------+       |Number  |Price of  |at End  |In-    |ficial |
|Derivative   |ative   |(Month/   |         +-----+-----+Date Exer-|Expira-   |       |of      |Derivative|of      |direct |Owner- |
|Security     |Security|Day/Year) |         |(A)  |(D)  |cisable   |tion Date |Title  |Shares  |Security  |Year    |(I)    |ship   |
+-------------+--------+----------+---------+-----+-----+----------+----------+-------+--------+----------+--------+-------+-------+
                                                                                     
Stock Option   $26.8625                                             01/12/2005 Common                      10000    D
(right to buy)                                                                 Stock
Stock Option   $34.875                                              01/17/2006 Common                      27500    D
(right to buy)                                                                 Stock
Stock Option   $41.0312                                             01/26/2009 Common                      35000    D
(right to buy)                                                                 Stock
Stock Option   $41.875                                              01/22/2007 Common                      20000    D
(right to buy)                                                                 Stock
Stock Option   $47.025                                              01/29/2012 Common                      35000    D
(right to buy)                                                                 Stock
Stock Option   $48                                                  01/25/2010 Common                      35000    D
(right to buy)                                                                 Stock
Stock Option   $48.9687                                             01/27/2008 Common                      25000    D
(right to buy)                                                                 Stock
Stock Option   $51.93                                               01/30/2011 Common                      35000    D
(right to buy)                                                                 Stock
Phantom Stock  $0   10/01/2002 A         132.5                     Common  132.52   $0.0000    2466.98  D
 Units                                   2                                 Stock
Stock          $39.78                                               02/22/2009 Common                      1000     D
Appreciation                                                                   Stock
Right
Stock          $54.84                                               05/10/2010 Common                      54100    D
Appreciation                                                                   Stock
Right

Explanation of Responses:


Shares included in column 5 that represent an increase from the last report
filed by the reporting person and are not otherwise accounted for by a
transaction on this form were allocated under the Company's Salaried Employees
Savings Plan as of the plan statement dated 12/31/2002.  Additional securities
may have accrued to the reporting person's account since that date.  The account
is subject to revisions in order to comply with requirements respecting
nondiscrimination standards and limitations on contributions under the Internal
Revenue code of 1986, as amended.

These phantom stock units were allocated under the Company's Compensatory
Benefits Plan (the "Plan") and will be settled (on a 1-for-1 basis) upon the
reporting person's retirement, death, disability, or other termination of
employment. Units included in column 9 that represent an increase from the last
report filed by the reporting person and are not otherwise accounted for by a
transaction on this form were allocated under the Plan as of October 1, 2002.
Additional securities may have accrued to the reporting person's account since
that date. The account is subject to revision in order to comply with
requirements respecting nondiscrimination standards and limitations on
contributions under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.



SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON
/s/ Arthur D. Fuller

DATE
02/12/2003