Location: Bonafas, MI

Bonifas was a logging town/camp in Gogebic County, three miles north of Watersmeet, on the northeast side of Bass Lake. This was a camp of the Bonifas Lumber Company, which logged Carlson and Watersmeet townships. The Village was named after William Bonifas, the general manager of the firm. Bonifas was a member of the Gogebic county board of supervisors for many years, representing Carlson township (which later became part of Watersmeet township).


Notes

The lumber company was a subsidiary of the Kimberly-Clark corporation, in which Bonifas was a large stockholder. [IDG-1936-1125]

Bonifas became home of a CCC camp in the 1930's.


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Bibliography

The following sources are utilized in this website. [SOURCE-YEAR-MMDD-PG]:

  • [AAB| = All Aboard!, by Willis Dunbar, Eerdmans Publishing, Grand Rapids ©1969.
  • [AAN] = Alpena Argus newspaper.
  • [AARQJ] = American Association of Railroads Quiz Jr. pamphlet. © 1956
  • [AATHA] = Ann Arbor Railroad Technical and Historical Association newsletter "The Double A"
  • [AB] = Information provided at Michigan History Conference from Andrew Bailey, Port Huron, MI

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