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The series consists of a diary (1907) and correspondence outward (1907) of Aird Flavelle to his parents in Ontario, describing his trip by train to British Columbia, his stay in Vancouver and trip with timber cruisers into Powell Lake; papers pertaining to various timber companies including the Rat Portage Timber Company; statements of accounts of Thurston-Flavelle Ltd., 1915-1949; account journals, ledger and minute book (1924-1938) of the directors of the Rat Portage Lumber Company. Photographs have been transferred to Visual Records.

Correspondence, diary, notebook, school certificates, report and essay, share certificates, biographical notes, papers pertaining to Mary Helen Flavelle; letters patent, licences, by-laws, inventory, indentures, financial statements and related correspondence of the Rat Portage Lumber Company. Includes copy of Final Report of the Royal Commission of Inquiry on Timber and Forestry 1909-10. Photographs transferred to Visual Records accession 198201-78.

CALL NUMBER: T0275:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Superintendent, Youbou Sawmill, Lake Cowichan, Retired 1959 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1974-05-21 SUMMARY: Born at New Westminster in 1896; worked at Barnet Lumber Company; Rat Portage Lumber Company; Capilano Timber Company; came to Industrial Timber Mills in Youbou, in 1932 as superintendent; description of changes in the industry; Youbou as a community; sawmill operations taken over by BC Forest Products; expansion, etc.; retired in 1959.

CALL NUMBER: T0275:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Superintendent, Youbou Sawmill, Lake Cowichan, Retired 1959 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1974-05-21 SUMMARY: [No content summary available for this tape.]