Bevan Comox Valley Regional District, British Columbia

Locality - A named place or area, generally with a scattered population of 50 or less. N. of E. end of Comox Lake, Comox Land District

Mapped Location

Bevan: The mapped location is an approximation and should not be used for navigation or wayfinding.

 

Information

General information on Bevan

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Bevan

A brief list of names that this geographic feature has been named

Name Description
Bevan Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Bevan

References to Bevan that document the origin of its place name

Bevan (Post Office) adopted March 1923, as identified in 1912 BC Mines Report and labelled on BC map 2C, 1919. Form of name changed to Bevan (settlement) 7 October 1948; further changed to Bevan (locality) 15 April 1981 on 92F/11. According to E.P. Creech the locality has been abandoned.

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Bevan Post Office was opened 15 September 1913; closed 31 August 1957.

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Bevan was a foreman with the Comox Logging Company; no further explanation in BC records.

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Dunsmuir opened the No. 7 mine here in 1902, and a spur was built linking the mining camp with the rail line at Cumberland; Canadian Collieries bought out Dunsmuir in 1911 and laid out a townsite. The following year there were 100+ homes, a large store and a hotel; once the post office was opened the settlement lost its identity as No. 7 and became known as Bevan. When No. 7 mine closed in 1921 many families left, and 50 of the company houses were moved to Cumberland. No. 8 mine, just 3 km away at Puntledge, was reopened in 1936 and the Bevan townsite prospered until 1953, when the mine was permanently closed and all houses sold & removed. Post Office closed in 1957. The hotel remained open and was eventually refurbished as an up-scale tourist retreat; converted to a group home for mentally-challenged adults in 1968; closed c1980. See Times-Colonist, Islander magazine, 13 April 1981.

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Comox Valley Regional District

Political Boundaries

Last updated: 2023-09-27