Certainly the career of Gustav Alvo von Alvensleben was one of extremes—from aristocrat to BC developer extraordinaire to enemy alien and poverty.
Anyone researching provincial history in the years immediately preceding the First World War is sure to see his name celebrated in press stories; some even credit him with founding the Vancouver stock exchange.
But, with war, all that ended. Suddenly, overnight, the celebrated business tycoon was accused of being a German spy (he wasn’t) and his world came tumbling down.
The meteoric rise and fall of Count’ Alvo von Alvensleben in this week’s BC Chronicles.
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PHOTO: Gustav Konstantin (Gustin) von Alvensleben, also called Alvo von Alvensleben. —Wikipedia
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