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People generously shared their expertise in boat building with novice builders. Harry Roberts taught Evans and his friend Johnny Johnson some techniques about boat building and they in turn passed on their knowledge to some of the young men that had left work camps and arrived on the West Coast looking for work. This didn't sit well with the Managers of the work camps organized for the unemployed.68
HUBERT EVANS ROWING HIS DOUBLE ENDER. HIS HERRING RAKE RESTS ON A BRANCH YOKE. C. 1950'S1955
Unknown location along the coast of British Columbia, Canada (Could be off of Roberts Creek)
69
Evans was a commercial fisherman from the early 1930's until the mid 1940's. He used his boat to provide an income for his family when his writing sales were low. After Evans stopped commercial fishing, the family still used the boat for pleasure fishing and travelling the coastline.70
NEWSPAPER ARTICLE WRITTEN BY HUBERT EVANS FOR THE VICTORIA DAILY TIMES ABOUT HIS LIFE ON THE COAST.27 March 1954
Rare Books & Special Collections, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
71
Evans and his wife Anna spent 9 years in Northern British Columbia where Anna was a teacher on an Indian Reserve. From this experience, Evans would write his insightful novel, "Mist on the River" about a young native man's conflict between the traditional life he had know and the life of the white man. While writing novels Evans still had time to write newspaper articles on a wide range of topics including his own life.72
ONE OF THE 6O OR MORE SERIALS WRITTEN BY HUBERT EVANS DURING HIS LIFE. PAGE 1 OF 11 PAGES.1955
Rare Books & Special Collections, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
73
Evans also wrote numerous serials and manuscripts.74
TRANSCRIPT OF HUBERT EVANS' RADIO STORY EBB TIDE PRODUCED IN 1957 AND 1958.1955
Rare Books & Special Collections, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
75
His radio script "Ebb Tide" was produced and aired in 1957 and 1958.76
HUBERT EVANS WITH HIS TRADEMARK UNDERWOOD TYPEWRITER WITH HIS GREAT GRANDSON, COREY.1970
Roberts Creek, British Columbia, Canada
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Evans used his trademark Underwood typewriter for all his work until his eyesight failed him and he then switched to a tape recorder.78
DRAFT OF POEM ''WHITTLINGS'' BY HUBERT EVANS1976
Rare Books & Special Collections, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
79
During his later years, Evans had several books of his poetry published. He would use the tape recorder to record his poems and then have them transcribed for review.80
HUBERTS EVANS AT HOME IN ROBERTS CREEK AUGUST, 1979.1979
Roberts Creek, British Columbia, Canada
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