James Murray Yale
James Murray Yale (c. 1798 – 7 May 1871) was a clerk, and later, a chief trader for the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) at Fort Langley.
Yale was born in Lachine, Lower Canada in 1798. He joined the HBC in 1815, and served first at on Lake Athabasca. In April 1817, he was kidnapped by the North West Company men and taken to Great Slave Lake for five months. In 1821, Yale was moved to New Caledonia and put in charge of Fort Astoria (renamed Fort George) until 1824. He then served at Fort Alexandria and Fort St. James. In 1827, he accompanied Governor George Simpson on his exploratory trip down the Fraser River. At the end of the journey, Yale remained in Fort Langley, where he worked as a clerk until he replaced Archibald McDonald as chief trader on February 20, 1833. He continued there until his retirement in 1859.
When Fort Yale was built in 1848, it was named for him.
Yale was distantly related to Elihu Yale.[1]
External links[]
- Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
- Fort Astoria 1792-1845 (Early Exploration, Fur Trade, Missionaries, and Settlement)
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- 1790s births
- 1871 deaths
- Hudson's Bay Company people
- Pre-Confederation British Columbia people
- Canadian fur traders
- People from Lachine, Quebec
- Anglophone Quebec people
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