Richard William Cautley
Photo from “Compass to Satellite” by W.D. Stretton p. 42 (Canadian Surveyor vol 31 no 4)
Alberta’s Land Surveying History
Richard William Cautley [1873–1953]
b. 1873 — Ipswich, England
d. 1953 — Victoria, BC, Canada
Richard William Cautley [1873–1953]
Sources of biographical information about Cautley:
- Sherwood, Jay. Surveying the Great Divide. The Alberta/BC Boundary Survey, 1913-1917. Qualicum Beach, BC: Caitlin Press, 2017
Events in the Mount Robson region in which Cautley was involved:
- 1917 Boundary Comission Survey Yellowhead Pass
- 1923 Boundary Comission Survey completed to Robson
- 1924 ACC Camp – Mount Robson (guide)
Works pertinent to the Mount Robson region of which Cautley was author or co-author:
- — and Wallace, James Nevin [d. 1941]; Wheeler, Arthur Oliver [1860–1945]. Report of the Commission Appointed to Delimit the Boundary between the Provinces of Alberta and British Columbia. Part I: From 1913 to 1916. Ottawa: Office of the Surveyor General, 1917
- — “Characteristics of passes in the Canadian Rockies..” Canadian Alpine Journal, Vol. 12 (1921–1922):117-123
- — and Wheeler, Arthur Oliver [1860–1945]. Report of the Commission appointed to delimit the boundary between the Provinces of Alberta and British Columbia. Part II. 1917 to 1921. From Kicking Horse Pass to Yellowhead Pass.. Ottawa: Office of the Surveyor General, 1924. Whyte Museum
- — and Wheeler, Arthur Oliver [1860–1945]. Report of the Commission Appointed to Delimit the Boundary between the Provinces of Alberta and British Columbia – Part III – from 1918 to 1924. Atlas. Ottawa: Office of the Surveyor General, 1925
- — and Wheeler, Arthur Oliver [1860–1945]. Report of the Commission Appointed to Delimit the Boundary between the Provinces of Alberta and British Columbia. Parts IIIA & IIIB, 1918 to 1924. From Yellowhead Pass Northerly. Ottawa: Office of the Surveyor General, 1925. Whyte Museum
- — High lights of memory : incidents in the life of a Canadian surveyor. 1950. Whyte Museum