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Eugene Hunt

Eugene Hunt was born in 1946 in Alert Bay, B.C.. Born to Thomas and Emma Hunt, he was a member of Fort Rupert Band of the Kwagiulth Nation. In the early 1960's Eugene spent four years carving at Thunderbird Park, Royal B.C. Museum in Victoria where he learned from Mungo Martin and Henry Hunt. He left his artwork and became a commercial fisherman for twenty-five years. In 1987 he resumed his art career, and spent the last years working with Calvin Hunt, George Hunt Jr. and John Livingston.

In June of 2002, Eugene passed away in Victoria and is greatly missed by all who knew him.