Richard William Cautley

Richard William Cautley 
Photo from

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

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