EGG, George Charlton (1883-1956), active in Nelson, B.C. where he was in partnership with William Haldane in the firm of Egg & Haldane from 1908 to 1910. Born in Chicago, Illinois on 2 April 1883, he was brought to Canada by his family in 1885, but no information has been found on his education or training. He opened an office in Nelson, B.C. under his own name in early 1908, and in October of that year he invited William Haldane to form a partnership, with Egg remaining in Nelson, and Haldane operating a branch office in nearby Fernie, B.C. (C.R., xxii, 14 Oct. 1908, 30, partnership announcement). By early 1911, however, Egg appears to have abandoned the profession, and turned to real estate for the remainder of his career, leaving his business partner to continue to operate an architectural office in Nelson. By 1921 Egg was living and working Grand Forks as a real estate agent. Egg later died in Ganges, B.C. on 19 December 1956 (inf. British Columbia, Vital Statistics website; inf. Nelson Public Library).
G.C. EGG
NELSON, B.C., residence at West Arm for Edward J. Campbell, 1908 (C.R., xix, 5 Feb. 1908, 18)
EGG & HALDANE
FERNIE, B.C., a hotel at Fernie, perhaps The Fernie Hotel, 2nd Avenue, 1908-09 (C.R., xxii, 14 Oct. 1908, 24)
FERNIE, B.C., Salvation Army Citadel, 1908-09 (C.R., xxii, 14 Oct. 1908, 27)
NELSON, B.C., Young Men’s Christian Association, Stanley Street at Victoria Street, 1909 (C.R., xxiii, 7 July 1909, 21; 1 Sept. 1909, 21, t.c.; British Columbia, Nelson: A Proposal for Urban Heritage Conservation, 1980, 111, illus.)
FERNIE, B.C., Christ Church [Anglican], 4th Avenue at 6th Street, 1910 (District Ledger [Fernie] 18 June 1910, 8, t.c.)