Talk:Yale, British Columbia

Yale Convention
For lack of a better place to "drop" this, the Yale Convention has needed an article for a while; I just happened to find a copy of its proceedings, organization and minutes on nosracines.ca:
 * Minutes of a preliminary meeting of the delegates, elected by the various districts of British Columbia, convened at Yale pursuant to the following call, Yale Convention. This is a highly important even in the evolution of British Columbia from a standalone colony; it was here that the momentum towards Canada was established, and underscored.  I haven't read through the whole thing yet; but it does include a list of organizers, who the delegates were etc (and sounds ilke it lists the colonial assembly districts, though this was not mandated by the colonial assembly or governor; it was an ad hoc meeting that self-constituted itself).Skookum1 (talk) 05:18, 28 December 2010 (UTC)

Yale Coordinates
I don't know how to change it, but Yale is not in the correct position on the map. It is actually about 50km from the provided coordinates. 70.30.245.27 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 03:43, 4 February 2011 (UTC).
 * Someone had placed the lat-minutes as decimal points/ fixed now.Skookum1 (talk) 05:11, 4 February 2011 (UTC)

image of Chinatown
This is a c.1885 image of Chinatown in BC Archives; would qualify for PD-50 if transferred to the Commons; this must be just before Chinatown was destroyed, as it was wiped out for the CPR mainline construction; not sure if t his is Front Street, which may be to the left of the buildings at left, as it was the waterfront as its name implies.Skookum1 (talk) 02:37, 8 March 2015 (UTC)

Yale resident
Apollos Harrison Gouge was a contractor with a very colorful history in South Australia, and apparently from Yale, but I can find no record of his previous or later life. If anyone can help, maybe worth a new article, there's some info at H. D. Gouge. Herbert Dillon Gouge was by contrast a diligent, worthy citizen; a land valuer and public servant, the colony's first public actuary. Doug butler (talk) 22:28, 19 April 2017 (UTC)