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Bavis family fonds
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10 cm textual records
69 photoprints : b&w, originals
127 colour transparencies
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The Bavis family was one of the first families to settle at the Woss Logging Camp, operated by Canadian Forest Products, when it was first established.
Emerson Augustus (Gus) Bavis was born on February 11, in 1915 in Bella Coola and was the son of Walter Emerson Bavis (a doctor who worked briefly in Bella Coola and on Southern Vancouver Island for many years) and Agnes (nee Hughes).
In 1939 Gus married Joan Stirling. Initially Gus was employed as a logger in the Port Renfrew area on the west coast of Vancouver Island. In 1943 he and his family settled at the Woss Logging Camp. Gus and Joan had three children, Murray who was born in Port Renfrew, Donna Louise and then Richard Paul. Donna was the first baby to live in Woss Camp.
Gus eventually became the divisional engineer for Canfor's Englewood Logging Division in the Nimpkish Valley. His son Murray also lived and worked in the community of Woss and Vernon Camp as a logger.
Custodial history
These records were all acquired by E.A. (Gus) Bavis and his son Murray Bavis. They were all passed to Murray Bavis and kept in his and his wife Pat’s custody until they were donated to the Museum at Campbell River.
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The fonds include pamphlets, newsletters, and miscellaneous ephemera relating to the Bavis family during the period that they resided at the Canadian Forest Product logging camp at Woss. Specifically the records include material relating to the Woss Lake School and Canadian Forest Products (Canfor) logging operations in the Nimpkish valley.
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Leonard Frank Fonds (photo nos. 20, 396)
Bavis Family artifacts accn. Nos. 2008.12.1 to 2008.12.9
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Created January 2010