First Nations

Image: Yale First Nation grave site. The Yale First Nation developed into a complex hunting/gathering culture largely due to their proximity to the Fraser River.

HBC

Image: Hudson's Bay Co. store in Yale, 1883. Yale first made the public eye when it was chosen as a stockade post. Even after the fur trade died down the HBC remained prominent in Yale.

Gold Rush

Image: An abandoned gold vault in Yale. The year was 1858 and the Fraser was bearing gold - throwing Yale into the hub of activity - a position of prominence that to this day marks her as significant.

Railway    BC Archives A-03590

Image: CPR station in Yale. Andrew Onderdonk's decision to base operations out of Yale for the construction of the CPR through the Canyon provided Yale with a resurgence of population and activity that lasted for five years.

Douglas Street

Hotel Borden and Creighton Store were two prominent businesses located on Douglas Street. Both were demolished by fire in c1929.

Quiet Years   BC Archives E-00712

Image: First car in Yale. With the completion of Onderdonk's contract Yale would witness many more routes of transportation, each new route slowly alienating her from the outside world.