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Guy Constable papers
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1883-1970 (Creation)
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Microfilm (neg.), 16 mm, 10 reels [A00664-A00673]
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Guy (Lowenberg) Constable was born at Bury, Lancashire, England in 1882. After taking an engineering degree at Arnold Technical School in Chester, England, he served a period of indenture with Sandycroft Engineering Company of London, England. In 1904, he came to Canada to open and supervise the Alice Mine on Goat Mountain at Alice Siding. During the 1914 to 1918 war, Guy Lowenberg changed his name to Constable. From his arrival in Canada until his death in 1973, Guy Constable involved himself in many facets of the life of the Creston Valley and Kootenay district. Prime among his interests was the reclamation of Kootenay flats, and the development of the Columbia-Kootenay watershed. He also took a keen interest in the development of the fruit growing and grain farming in the Creston Valley, and had a longtime involvement in the Associated Boards of Trade of Southeastern British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest Trade Association. Guy Constable was an organizing partner of Creston Power, Light and Telephone Company (1907), a founding partner of the Creston Review (1910), a notary public (1911), justice of the peace (1912), an organizer of the Creston Valley Stockbreeder Association (1919), a frequent contributor to the deliberations of the International Joint Commission (first in 1927), manager of Kootenay Valley Power and Development Company (1928-1931), chairman of the board of trustees of the Creston Dyking District (1937), a charter trustee of the consolidated Creston Valley School District (1938), a member of the Committee on Western Grain Standards of the Board of Grain Commissioners (1940), chairman of the industrial subcommittee on the provincial Bureau of Reconstruction after World War II, stipendiary magistrate and juvenile court judge (1949) and a director of the Western Canada Reclamation Association (1947-1950).
The records consists of correspondence inward and outward, memoranda, reports, clippings and printed matter. Among the papers are copies of provincial and federal documents relating to the development of the Columbia-Kootenay watershed.
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The papers were loaned to the Provincial Archives of British Columbia for microfilming, ca. 1975, by Bill Constable of Creston, BC, with the cooperation of the Creston and District Historical and Museum Society. The originals remain in Creston.
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Individual files are arranged chronologically. Listings show correspondents or subject matter (sometimes both) when applicable. It proved impractical at the time of filming to so organize the unit so that all papers relating to any one facet of Guy Constable's life are found together. Patrons should consult the entire guide to avoid missing papers of interest to them.
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Maps were transferred to the Map Division of the Archives, accession number M845030.
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Photographs were copied and transferred to the Visual Records Division of the Archives, accession 198206-101.
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Accession number(s): M845030; 198206-0101; 74-078
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- Black, Wesley Drewett, 1910- (Subject)
- Bowser, William John, 1867-1933 (Subject)
- Calder, Frank Arthur, 1915- (Subject)
- Green, Robert Francis (Subject)
- Herridge, Herbert Wilfred, 1895-1973 (Subject)
- King, William Lyon Mackenzie, 1874-1950 (Subject)
- Pattullo, Thomas Dufferin, 1873-1956 (Subject)
- Rowebottom, Edwin George, 1889-1961 (Subject)
- International Joint Commission (US. and Canada), 1909- (Subject)
- Alexander, George J. (Subject)
- Schofield, James Hargrave Alcock, 1866- (Subject)
- Royal Commission on Indian Affairs for the Province of British Columbia (1913-1916) (Subject)
- Oliver, John, 1856-1927 (Subject)