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of chief factor; and retired from the service about 1870, settling near
Victoria, where he died. Fort Yale on the Fraser River was named after
him. =Index=: =D= At Stewart Lake, 99; in command at Fort George, 1823,
105. =Bib.=: Bancroft, _History of British Columbia_.

=Yamaska River.= Rises in Brome Lake. After a course of about ninety
miles falls into the St. Lawrence at the head of Lake St. Peter.
=Index=: =Ch= Named by Champlain, De Genes, 52.

=Yellowhead Pass.= Through the Rocky Mountains. Elevation, 3733 feet
above sea level. The summit of the pass is eighteen miles in a straight
line from the Athabaska River. Yellowhead Lake, a little west of the
summit, discharges its waters into the Fraser River. Because of its easy
gradients, this pass was favoured by (Sir) Sandford Fleming as the route
for the Canadian Pacific Railway, but political considerations forced
the selection of the much more difficult Kicking Horse Pass.

=Yonge Street, Toronto.= Originally an Indian trail leading to Lake
Simcoe. Built as a bush road by Simcoe in 1794. Named after Sir George
Yonge, then secretary for war. =Index=: =BL= Named in honour of the then
secretary for war, 8. =Bib.=: Robertson, _Landmarks of Toronto_.

=York.= =S= Name Toronto officially changed to, 203; name York
previously in use, 203. =Bk= Fortifications begun at, 182. =BL= Becomes
seat of government, 8; incorporated as city of Toronto, 16; origin of
Spadina Avenue, 26; Baldwin elected for, 31; Parliament house; 33;
municipal government in, 298. _See also_ Toronto.

=York and Albany, Frederick Augustus, Duke of= (1763-1827). Second son
of George III. Commanded British army in Flanders, 1793-1795.
Commander-in-chief, 1798-1809. =Index=: =Bk= Takes command of expedition
to Holland, 15, 21. =Bib.=: _Dict. Nat. Biog._

=York Factory.= One of the principal establishments of the Hudson's Bay
Company, near the mouth of Hayes River, north bank. The first trading
post here, or near here, was Fort Nelson, built in 1669. Throughout the
eighteenth century, this was the principal post of the Company, in
charge of a governor, with a considerable staff. It was the
starting-point of the explorations of Henry Kellsey in 1692, of Anthony
Hendry in 1754, and of Matthew Cocking in 1772, and was the gateway to
the vast interior country, the recognized route being the Hayes River.
=Index=: =MS= Red River settlers winter near, 153-155. _See also_ Port
Nelson. =Bib.=: Bryce, _Hudson'