OCKLESHAW, Frederick (1880-1963), of Smithers, British Columbia, maintained an office there as an architect for at least 12 years, and he was the first professional architect to live and work in the Bulkley Valley region of northern B.C. Born at Halewood, Co. Lancashire, England on 17 February 1880, he was educated and trained in England, and later moved to Canada in 1920 with the intention to make the small town of Smithers his permanent home (Interior News [Smithers}, 25 Aug. 1920, 8). His name is linked to several buildings in Smithers, and in nearby Telkwa, B.C., but he later left Canada in June 1932 and retired in Paignton, Co. Devon. Ockleshaw died in the holiday resort of Puerto de Soller, on the island of Majorca, Spain on 9 March 1963 (England & Wales, National Probate Calendar, 1963, p. 200).
TELKWA, B.C., Town Hall for the Telkwa District, including a public assembly hall, 1921-22 (Interior News [Smithers], 25 Jan. 1922, 1, descrip.)
SMITHERS, B.C., The R.L. Gale Block, Main Street “…opposite the Interior News Building”, 1922 (Interior News [Smithers], 26 April 1922, 1)
SMITHERS, B.C., a Nurses’ Home, First Avenue at King Street, adjacent to the hospital, 1922 (Interior News [Smithers], 4 Oct. 1922, 1, descrip.)
SMITHERS, B.C., public school, 1923 (Interior News [Smithers], 27 June 1923, 8, t.c.)
TELKWA, B.C., a Nursing Home [or Senior Citizens Home], 1924 (Interior News [Smithers], 22 Oct. 1924, 3)
SMITHERS, B.C., club house for the Great War Veterans’ Association, Broadway Avenue, 1924; demol. 1964 (Interior News [Smithers], 11 June 1924, 5; 22 April 1964, 1, historical article)
SMITHERS, B.C., Royal Bank of Canada & Hanson Lumber Co Block, Main Street at Broadway, 1926 (Interior News [Smithers], 28 April 1926, 1, descrip.)