The creation of the Colony of British Columbia in 1858, at Fort Langley, with Yale as Commander of the Fort, and Sir James Douglas as first Governor
James Murray Yale (c. 1798 – 7 May 1871) was a clerk, and later, a Chief trader for the Hudson's Bay Company, during the late North American fur trade, as they were competing with the Montreal-based North West Company and the American Fur Company of John Jacob Astor. During his career, he would negotiate and compete with Americans, French Canadians, Russians, and Indians for market shares. He is best remembered for having given his name to Fort Yale, British Columbia, which became the city of Yale during the gold rush, and later on, became the name of the Yaletown district of downtown Vancouver.[1]
Yale also became Chief Factor of the Columbia District, opposing Astor's Pacific Fur Company and NWC's dominance along the Columbia department, including the Pacific Northwest and Oregon Country.[2] Notably, the Colony of British Columbia was created at his fort in 1858, with Sir James Douglas elected as first Governor, and the fort as capital.
^Here's how Vancouver's Yaletown got its name from the 'wickedest little settlement in B.C., VancouverIsAwesome, Brendan Kergin, Nov. 22, 2022
^Waite, Donald E. (2015) British Columbia and Yukon Gold Hunters: A History in Photographs, Heritage House, Victoria, BC, p. 148-149
JamesMurrayYale (c. 1798 – 7 May 1871) was a clerk, and later, a Chief trader for the Hudson's Bay Company, during the late North American fur trade...
Pauli Murray College is a residential college for undergraduates of Yale College in New Haven, Connecticut. The college, which opened to students in fall...
and Lucretia Yale, and was a cousin of Canadian fur trader JamesMurrayYale and Gov. Elihu Yale of Yale University, members of the Yale family. Merchant...
Canada. Members of his family included fur merchant JamesMurrayYale, his uncle, and Isabella Yale, his cousin, who became the daughter-in-law of Gov...
Many of the CPR workers were resettled from Yale, British Columbia, named after chief trader JamesMurrayYale, thus the name "Yaletown". Many of the brick...
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at Ross Bay Cemetery. He was married to Eliza Yale, daughter of chief trader JamesMurrayYale of the Yale family. They had one son, three daughters and...
Connecticut. Capt. Yale became the uncle of Canadian fur merchant JamesMurrayYale, and grandfather of New York media magnate Moses Yale Beach. Members of...
business. His grandmother was Hannah Yale, a distant cousin was fur trader JamesMurrayYale, members of the Yale family. In 1868, aged 16, he studied...
until his death. Murray completed his secondary education in 1959 at Berkshire School in Sheffield, Massachusetts. He attended Yale University, graduating...
championship. In the fall of 2017, Yale opened two new residential colleges, Benjamin Franklin College and Pauli Murray College, bringing the total to 14...
his undergraduate degree from Northwestern University, a M.F.A. from the Yale School of Drama, and is also a classically trained Shakespearean actor. Best...
Preceded by James McMillan Chief Trader at Fort Langley 1828–1833 Succeeded by JamesMurrayYale Preceded by Francis Heron Chief Trader at Fort Colvile...
Yale College is the undergraduate college of Yale University. Founded in 1701, it is the original school of the university. Although other Yale schools...
Elihu Yale (5 April 1649 – 8 July 1721) was a British-American colonial administrator and philanthropist. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Yale only lived...
mathematics and physics and earned her master's degree at Yale University in 1930. In 1930, Grace Murray married New York University professor Vincent Foster...
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