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Only top-level descriptions Savona Timber Company Limited Fonds Forest products industry--British Columbia
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Savona Timber Company / Evans Products Company fonds

  • PR-2307
  • Fonds
  • 1931-1986; predominantly 1948-1978

Fonds consists of administrative and operating records of the Savona Timber Company in Savona, British Columbia, ca. 1948 to 1969, and continuing operations under Evans Products Company, post-1969 and until 1986. Records pertain primarily to timber harvesting in British Columbia's central interior and to B.C. Interior logging operations. The fonds also includes a scrapbook which documents the activities of Evans Products Company at their Vancouver sawmill and battery separator plant from 1931 to 1961. The fonds consists of five series: Series 1. Administration and finance files, 1952-1985, predom. 1960-1978, ca. 1.6 m which includes financial records, month-end reports, and general files; Series 2. Crown timber sales (TSX), 1948-1976, ca. 1.65 m; Series 3. Private timber sales, 1965-1980, ca. 30 cm; Series 4. Timber sales harvesting licences (TSHL), 1963-1986, ca. 1 m; and, Series 5. Evans Products Company Limited, Vancouver, scrapbook, 1931-1961, 1 vol. Predominant in the fonds are timber licence records: Crown Timber Sales (series 2), Private Timber Sales (series 3) and Timber Sale Harvesting Licences (series 4). The Savona Timber fonds includes records pertaining to associated and subsidiary companies such as Ashcroft Lumber (Savona Timber Holdings Limited), Bonaparte Lumber and Gateway Lumber and illustrates involvements and interactions between the British Columbia Forest Service and small lumber operators. Several different companies were often involved in initiatives such as a single timber licence, whether in financing, oversight or contracting capacity, even though only one timber company is usually listed as part of the Timber Sale record.

Savona Timber Company Limited