Town Tour
Introduction
Gold Rush
Town Maps
First Nations
HBC Store
St. John the Divine
Barnard's Express
Wagon Road
Oppenheimer Store
Chinatown
On Lee House
Shilson House
All Hallow's
Firewall
Saloons

Architectural
Drawings
St. John the Divine
On Lee House
Shilson House

Contents

Coloured blocks on this map show areas drawn up in 1859.

Click on the red lots to see more on what buildings or landmarks were there. Below the map is a key to the selected lots, arranged by block and lot numbers:

Lot 1, Block 17 Post Office Lot 4, Block 17 HBC Store Lot 10, Block 17 Barnard's Express Office Lot 11, Block 17 Shilson House Lot 4, Block 1 Oppenheimer Bros. Store Lot 5, Block 1 Stone Firewall

Lot 10, Block 18 St. John the Divine Lot 4, Block 5 Jail Lot 10, Block 2 On Lee House End of Albert Street Cariboo Wagon Road Yellow Blocks Front Street Saloons Light Orange Blocks Chinatown Green Areas Native Reserve

Lots were originally auctioned off, but some of the original owners re-sold them soon after.

Town lots were bought and sold throughout Yale's history. For example, the lot where the Barnard's Express office was situated (Lot 10, Block 17) was originally purchased by a Mr. William Davis:

Lot 10. Block 17	Is claimed by W. Davis, who has paid instalments to the amount of $ 30, and who has repeatedly offered to complete the purchase. (BC Archives)
	Click to see the original. (BC Archives: CAB 30.1k)

Locations in Yale were named after important people at the time:

• Since Front Street runs parallel to the Fraser, and was probably given such a name because it consisted of river frontage.
• Douglas Street was named after James Douglas, who was a Hudson's Bay Company chief trader.
• Victoria Street was named after Queen Victoria, who was the reigning monarch of that era.
• Albert Street was named after Prince Albert, the Husband of Queen Victoria.

Map and Plans

Plan of the Jail at Yale. (BC Archives: CM A367)	Fort Yale (part of). (BC Archives: CM A177)	Plan of Yale 1860. (BC Archives: CAB 30.1k)

Long before the gold rush town of Yale, a First Nation's village was all that resided here. Learn something about this long history in the First Nations page.

Last updated 31 August 1998. This digital collection was produced under contract to Canada's Digital Collections Program, Industry Canada. Produced by Canada's Digital Collections Team.