{{short description|Politician from Montreal}} {{Infobox person | name = Arthur Yale | image = Arthur Yale, municipal council, Lorimier, Montreal.png | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1860|11|18|df=y}} | birth_place = Saint-Didace, Quebec, Canada | death_date = {{Death date and age|1917|3|6|1860|df=yes}} | death_place = Côte-des-Neiges, Montreal | spouse = Elizabeth Lacombe | children = 4 |family = Yale | occupation = politician, real estate investor, banker, mining investor }} [[File:Chateau Lacombe of Cote-des-Neiges, Montreal, on Mount-Royal.jpg|thumb|260px|Chateau Lacombe, Cote-des-Neiges Road, property of Elizabeth Lacombe's family, wife of Arthur Yale]] ''' Denis Robert Arthur Yale ''' (November 11, 1860 – March 6, 1917) was a Canadian politician and businessman, who became one of the founders of Plateau-Mount Royal in Montreal. He was DeLorimier's first Secretary-Treasurer and became Alderman of the town of Cote-des-Neiges. He also acquired and gave his name to the Yale Islands on Rivière des Mille Îles, Saint-Eustache, located about 20 miles from downtown Montreal. Through most of his career, he was involved in banking and mining ventures.

==Early life== [[File:Arthur Yale, Profile, Montreal politician.png|thumb|160px|Arthur Yale, 1910, Cote-des-Neiges in Montreal, city elections]] thumb|230px|Home of Claire Yale Desmarchais on the right, a relative of Arthur Yale in Cote-des-Neiges

Arthur Yale was born in Saint-Didace, Quebec, Canada, on November 18, 1860, the son of fur merchant Edward William Yale and Sophie St-George, members of the Yale family.<ref name="Geneo1"/> The Yales were notables as early benefactors of Yale University and founders of the Yale Lock Company.<ref>[https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/history/yaletown-vancouver-neighbourhood-name-bc-6141382 Here's how Vancouver's Yaletown got its name from the 'wickedest little settlement in B.C], Vancouver is Awesome Newspaper, Brendan Kergin, November 22, 2022</ref> Arthur was the grandnephew of chief trader James Murray Yale of the Hudson's Bay Company, and his cousin, Isabella Yale, was the daughter-in-law of Gov. Sir George Simpson, the de facto Viceroy of Prince Rupert's Land, and resident of Montreal's Golden Square Mile.<ref>John S. Galbraith, “[http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/simpson_george_8E.html Simpson, Sir George],” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 8, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed January 28, 2024</ref> Another cousin, Eliza Yale, married Capt. Henry Newsham Peers, grandson of Count Julianus Petrus de Linnée, member of a noble family of France.

His father was in the fur business along with his brothers, including Arthur's uncle, Major George Henry Yale, 1st mayor of Louiseville.<ref name="Geo H1"/><ref name="Geneo1"/> Maj. Yale was a wealthy manufacturer, proprietor of 3 fur factories, two sawmills, a flour mill, a watermill, a cheese factory, a shoe factory, and also owned a village named Yaletown with its 14 homes and commercial buildings.<ref>[https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/2354689?docsearchtext=%22george%20henry%20yale%22 Gazette officielle du Québec]. Québec official gazette., 28 octobre 1882, samedi 28 (no 43), p. 1923</ref><ref name="Geo H1"/> He had acquired Yaletown from Lord Samuel Gerrard, 2nd President of the Bank of Montreal, and would eventually become the second pioneer tanner in his specialty in Canada.<ref name="Geo H1">[https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/4598045?docsearchtext=%22george%20h%20yale%22 L'écho de St-Justin], janvier 1924, mercredi 2 janvier 1924, p. 16</ref> One of Arthur's brothers, Peter Henry Yale, was in the fur trade in Massachusetts, and became the father of Dr. Henry Yale, while one of his nephews, Alfred Cinq-mars, became a lawyer in Outremont and brother of King's Counsel Alexandre Cinq-mars.<ref>[https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/2794621?docsearchtext=%22claire%20yale%22 Le devoir], 21 mars 1917, mercredi 21 mars 1917, p. 3</ref><ref>[https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/2779739 Le devoir], 15 janvier 1945, lundi 15 janvier 1945, p. 7</ref><ref>[https://papyrus.bib.umontreal.ca/jspui/bitstream/1866/5832/1/l'action_universitaire_1944_fev_vol10_no6.pdf L'Action Universitaire], 1944 Février Vol 10 No 6, p. 33</ref><ref name="Geneo1"/>

His two other brothers were Capt. George Yale, chief-engineer of the Harbor Commission of the Port of Montreal, and William Yale, fur merchant and hide dealer.<ref>[https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/2256236?docsearchtext=%22claire%20yale%22 La presse], 5 mars 1987, E. Annonces classées, p. E 6</ref><ref>[https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/3652619?docsearchtext=%22james%20thomas%22%20%22sophie%20yale%22 Collection d'annuaires], Lovell de Montréal et sa région, 1842-2010, p. 122</ref><ref>[https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/4319026 La patrie], 10 mars 1917, samedi 10 mars 1917, p. 14</ref> William Yale, a resident of Saint-Lin, became one of the pioneers of Mont-Laurier in 1897, named after another St-Lin resident at the time, Sir Wilfrid Laurier, 1st French Canadian Prime Minister of Canada.<ref name="numerique.banq.qc.ca">[https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/2754524 Notes historiques sur Mont-Laurier, Nominingue et Kiamika, 1822-1937], Maurice Lalonde, Quebec National Library, 1937, p. 142</ref><ref name="Laurier1"/> He was the namesake of William Yale Road in Mont-Laurier, named after his former waterfront estate.<ref name="Laurier1">[https://toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/ct/ToposWeb/Fiche.aspx?no_seq=399152 Montée William-Yale], Commission de Toponymie, Quebec Government, Toponymie.gouv.qc.ca, Accessed January 28, 2024</ref><ref name="numerique.banq.qc.ca"/> The Yales were large landowners in the region and eventually founded one of the first campings in the Laurentides, including a marina and other enterprises.<ref>[https://www.campingalaclairiere.com/historique Votre Destination Camping depuis 1962], Historique, Campingalaclairiere.com, Accessed January 28, 2024</ref>

Arthur Yale and his brothers were the nephews of Dr. Francois Desmarchais and Rev. Desmarchais, relatives of Cote-des-Neiges mayor, Ferdinand Desmarchais, and of the Lacombe family, who together, were the largest landowners in Cote-des-Neiges, with about 11 estates in 1879.<ref>[https://ville.montreal.qc.ca/memoiresdesmontrealais/sites/default/files/cote-des-neiges_1879.jpg Villages of Cote-des-Neiges and Outremont], Archives of the City of Montreal, Montreal, Map of 1879. See names Desmarchais and Lacombe.</ref><ref name="Dr Desm1"/><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=gXdbEFLUsygC&pg=PA15 Les merveilles de l'Oratoire: l'Oratoire Saint-Joseph du Mont-Royal], 1904-2004, Denise Robillard, Les Editions Fides, 2004, p. 15, See map in the box on the top right</ref><ref>[https://www.erudit.org/fr/revues/cdd/1939-n4-cdd06158/1078896ar.pdf Massicotte, E.-Z. (1939). Notre-Dame-des-Neiges]. Les Cahiers des Dix, (4), p. 160</ref><ref>[https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/2485947?docsearchtext=%22arthur%20yale%22 L'Étoile du Nord], 26 janvier 1905, jeudi 26 janvier 1905</ref><ref>[https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/3237276 La presse], 16 août 1897, lundi 16 août 1897, p. 1</ref> Territories of Cote-des-Neiges eventually became part of Westmount, Outremont, Mount-Royal and Notre-Dame-de-Grâce.<ref>[https://www.conseilcdn.qc.ca/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Histoire_Cotes_Des_Neiges-4.pdf Petite histoire de Côte-des-Neiges], Corporation de Developpement Communautaire de Cote-des-Neiges, Montreal, September, 2013, p. 9</ref><ref>[https://www.souvenirsetmemoirescdn.com/post/le-territoire-de-la-c%C3%B4te-des-neiges Le territoire de la Côte-des-Neiges], Société d’histoire Souvenirs et mémoires de la Côte-des-Neiges, January 10, 2023, Accessed January 29, 2024</ref> They were also the relatives, through the Desmarchais, of Judge Philémon Cousineau, mayor of St-Laurent and President of the Mount Royal Telephone Company.<ref>[https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/4316031?docsearchtext=%22arthur%20yale%22 La patrie], 20 juin 1907, jeudi 20 juin 1907, p. 11</ref>

==Biography== [[File:Prince of Wales with the Montreal Hunt.jpg|thumb|225px|The Prince of Wales, Edward, Duke of Windsor, riding with the Montreal Hunt Club in 1923, in Cote-des-Neiges]]

Arthur Yale started his career working in the meat industry, first as a tallow merchant in the East End abbatoir, then as superintendent.<ref>[https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/3652860 Collection d'annuaires Lovell de Montréal et sa région], 1842-2010, p. 213</ref> He was also a clerk and an accountant.<ref name="Geneo1"/> The abbatoir had been cofounded by his uncle, industrialist George Henry Yale, along with Honoré Beaugrand, the future mayor of Montreal, and other investors.<ref name="abbatoir2">[https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/2354699?docsearchtext=%22james%20yale%22%20montreal Gazette officielle du Québec]. Québec official gazette., 30 décembre 1882, samedi 30 (no 52), p. 2307</ref> Yale then became a member of the Union des Abbatoires of Montreal, launched in 1884 by Ferdinand Bayard, a brick manufacturer and his future partner.<ref name="Abbatoirs11"/> The union was formed to prevent the formation of a monopoly in the meat industry, and was conceived to protect the interests of number of merchants and manufacturers.<ref name="Abbatoirs11">[https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/4318001?docsearchtext=%22north%20america%20mining%20co%22 La patrie], 29 octobre 1913, mercredi 29 octobre 1913, p. 14</ref> Yale would later become the Union's Secretary and be a manager of other slaughterhouses.<ref>[https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/3237375?docsearchtext=%22arthur%20yale%22 La presse], lundi 13 décembre 1897</ref><ref>[https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/3652838?docsearchtext=%22arthur%20yale%22 Collection d'annuaires], Lovell de Montréal et sa région, 1842-2010</ref><ref name="Yale death2">[https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/3207769 La presse], 8 mars 1917, jeudi 8 mars 1917, p. 14</ref>

By 1892, at 32 years of age, he founded with Bayard and three others the North America Mining Company, with a capital stock of $200,000, or about 300 million dollars in 2024 money in relation to GDP.<ref>[https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/2355269?docsearchtext=%22arthur%20yale%22 Gazette officielle du Québec], Québec official gazette., 24 septembre 1892, samedi 24 (no 39), p. 2192-2193</ref><ref>[https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/4285216 Montreal daily herald], 7 septembre 1892, mercredi 7 septembre 1892, p. 8</ref><ref>[https://www.measuringworth.com/calculators/uscompare/ Seven Ways to Compute the Relative Value of a U.S. Dollar Amount], 1790 to Present, MeasuringWorth.com, Accessed January 29, 2024</ref> He was made the company's Secretary and was elected among its board directors, with Guillaume-Narcisse Ducharme as president.<ref>[https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/4702633?docsearchtext=%22arthur%20yale%22 The daily witness], 1 mai 1899, lundi 1 mai 1899, p. 4</ref> Ducharme was the head of Banque Jacques-Quartier at the time, and later, he would become the president of the Provincial Bank of Canada, where Yale would be one of the bank's largest shareholders.<ref>Canada Department of Finance (1898), [https://books.google.com/books?id=N4dBAQAAMAAJ&q=yale&pg=RA3-PA183 Shareholders in the Chartered Banks of the Dominion of Canada], S. E. Dawson, Printer to the Queen's Most Excellent Majestry, No. 3, p. 183</ref><ref>[https://www.bibliotheque.assnat.qc.ca/DepotNumerique_v2/AffichageFichier.aspx?idf=205446 Quebec National Assembly, 3rd Session, 13th Legislature, 5 George V, 1915]</ref>

The Provincial bank, formerly seated in Place d'Armes Square at Aldred Building's site, would merge to form the National Bank of Canada. Notable shareholders with Yale in the charter of 1900 included Senator Sir Alexandre Lacoste, Outremont founder Louis Beaubien, Judge Louis-Philippe Pelletier, Governors Narcisse Pérodeau, Sir Louis-Amable Jetté, and Montreal Mayors and Senators Sir William H. Hingston, Charles Wilson and Alphonse Desjardins.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/1901v35i2p6_0010/page/n189/mode/2up List of Shareholders of the Chartered Banks of Canada, as on the 31st December, 1900, p. 183]</ref>

The North America Mining Co. would also be known as the North Mica Mining Co., and had its first office on St-François-Xavier Street in Old Montreal, close to the Old Montreal Stock Exchange.<ref name="Mica9">[https://www.newspapers.com/image/419431648/?terms=%22arthur%20yale%22%20quebec&match=1 The Gazette], 16 May 1893, Tue ·Page 5</ref> The company was dealing in mines, and had discovered a mica vein at Saint-Hippolyte, Quebec, in Terrebonne county.<ref name="Mica9"/> They later moved their offices to Little Burgundy, close to Griffintown. A few years later, manufacturers were expanding their operations in Montreal on the east side of Mount-Royal, creating a growing demand for a city adapted to their needs. With the advances in technologies, especially electricity, manufacturers didn't need to stay around the St-Lawrence river, and could locate their factories closer to their customers, lowering their cost of distribution.<ref name="delori1">[https://archipel.uqam.ca/12141/1/M15817.PDF Une banlieue tout à fait fashionable : le village De Lorimier], 1895-1909, Amelie Roy-Bergeron, October 2018, p. 1-2-3-36</ref>

When came the time to incorporate the growing village known as DeLorimier, the town would elect Yale on January 12, 1895, as its first Secretary-Treasurer, being in charge of financial transactions such as raising capital through bond offerings.<ref>[http://liremaville.com/documents/1898-complet.pdf Journal Le Prix Courtant, 1898, Montreal, p. 888]</ref><ref>[http://liremaville.com/documents/1901-complet.pdf Le Prix Courtant, 1901, Montreal, p. 1137]</ref><ref>[https://histoireplateau.org/architecture/lieuxdeculte/immaculee_conception/pdf/la_patrie_samedi28051898.pdf HistoirePlateau.Org, Société d'Histoire du Plateau-Mont-Royal, Journal La Patrie, Samedi 28 Mai 1898, p. 6.]</ref><ref>[https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/4403218 The Herald, 6 avril 1897, mardi 6 avril 1897]</ref><ref>[https://lhpm.uqam.ca/balado-coulisses/episode-2-lhistoire-du-village-de-lorimier-avec-amelie-roy-bergeron/ UQAM, Laboratoire d'histoire et de Patrimoine de Montreal, Épisode 2 – L’histoire du Village de Lorimier avec Amélie Roy-Bergeron]</ref> This village, combined with 3 other founding villages, would later be known as Plateau-Mount Royal, with DeLorimier as its electoral district.<ref name="delori1"/> Once elected, he passed a resolution with Mayor Chabot to prevent the erection of a contagious diseases hospital within the limit of the municipality, with the intention to make the new municipality a model one.<ref>[https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/4286030?docsearchtext=%22arthur%20yale%22 Montreal daily herald], 13 février 1895, mercredi 13 février 1895, p. 8</ref> In 1897, he attended the banquet of orator Edouard D. Roy at the Hotel Richelieu, Old Montreal, along with various mayors, doctors and industrialists.<ref>[https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/3237366?docsearchtext=%22arthur%20yale%22 La presse], 1 décembre 1897, mercredi 1 décembre 1897, p. 6</ref>

In 1898, Arthur Yale and Treffle Dubreuil founded a wholesale meat dealer enterprise named the North Western Live Stock Company.<ref>[https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/2746712?docsearchtext=%22arthur%20yale%22 Le Prix courant : journal du commerce], 14 janvier 1898, vendredi 14 janvier 1898, p. 730</ref> Yale's partner, Dubreuil, was an associate of banker Philorum Bonhomme on Saint Jacques Street, the cofounder of the first French-Canadian insurance company named 'La Sauvegarde'; an enterprise he cofounded with politician Henri Bourassa, Senator Raoul Dandurand, Montreal mayor Sir Hormidas Laporte, and Provincial bank president Guillaume-Narcisse Ducharme.<ref>[https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/4332169 La patrie], 13 décembre 1953, Édition nationale, p. 70</ref><ref>[https://www.vieux.montreal.qc.ca/inventaire/fiches/fiche_pers.php?id=262 Philorum Bonhomme en 1915], Old Montreal.com, Government of Quebec, Accessed January 28, 2024</ref><ref>[https://www.patrimoine-culturel.gouv.qc.ca/rpcq/detail.do?methode=consulter&id=8430&type=pge Bonhomme, Philorum], Repertoine du Patrimoine Culturel du Quebec, Culture et Communication Quebec, Accessed January 28, 2024</ref><ref>[https://www.vieux.montreal.qc.ca/inventaire/fiches/fiche_gro.php?id=68 La Sauvegarde, compagnie d'assurance sur la vie en 1915], Old Montreal.com, Government of Quebec, Accessed January 28, 2024</ref> Starting from 1898, Yale was involved in number of real estate projects, and acquired and sold real estate in DeLorimier and Plateau-Mount Royal.<ref>[https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/2746716?docsearchtext=%22arthur%20yale%22 Le Prix courant : journal du commerce], 11 février 1898, vendredi 11 février 1898, p. 888</ref><ref>[https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/3241895?docsearchtext=%22arthur%20yale%22, La presse], 13 septembre 1906, jeudi 13 septembre 1906, p. 3</ref><ref>[https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/3241107?docsearchtext=%22arthur%20yale%22 La presse], 9 mars 1905, jeudi 9 mars 1905, p. 3</ref><ref>[https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/3237423?docsearchtext=%22arthur%20yale%22 La presse], 10 février 1898, jeudi 10 février 1898, p. 9</ref><ref>[https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/2747085?docsearchtext=%22arthur%20yale%22 Le Prix courant : journal du commerce], 10 mars 1905, vendredi 10 mars 1905, p. 52</ref><ref>[https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/2746917?docsearchtext=%22arthur%20yale%22 Le Prix courant : journal du commerce], 20 décembre 1901, vendredi 20 décembre 1901, p. 1137</ref><ref>[https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/3562951?docsearchtext=%22arthur%20yale%22 Le Canada], 22 avril 1912, lundi 22 avril 1912, p. 7</ref><ref>[https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/3202978?docsearchtext=%22arthur%20yale%22 La presse], 18 mars 1915, jeudi 18 mars 1915, p. 14</ref> He is recorded acquiring land and homes near Côte-Sainte-Catherine Road in Mount Royal and in Westmount, next to the future Dawson College.<ref>[https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/3640577?docsearchtext=%22arthur%20yale%22 Le Prix courant : journal du commerce], 26 mars 1909, vendredi 26 mars 1909, p. 46</ref><ref>[https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/2747164?docsearchtext=%22arthur%20yale%22 Le Prix courant : journal du commerce], 14 septembre 1906, vendredi 14 septembre 1906, p. 58</ref><ref>[https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/3562777?docsearchtext=%22arthur%20yale%22 Le Canada], 25 septembre 1911, lundi 25 septembre 1911, p. 8</ref> He acquired real estate in Cote-des-Neiges from the Desmarchais and Lacombe families, and was involved with Simon Lacombe's succession, a relative.<ref>[https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/2746874?docsearchtext=%22arthur%20yale%22 Le Prix courant : journal du commerce], 22 février 1901, vendredi 22 février 1901, p. 287</ref><ref>[https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/2746874?docsearchtext=%22arthur%20yale%22 La patrie], 12 septembre 1911, mardi 12 septembre 1911, p. 11</ref>

==Later career== [[File:Hotel de Ville, de Lorimier, 1901.jpg|thumb|left|210px|City town hall, town of DeLorimier, Mount Royal Avenue, 1901, now Plateau-Mount Royal]] [[File:Banque Provinciale Montreal 1910.jpg|thumb|225px|Provincial Bank of Canada, in Old Montreal, 1910, now National Bank of Canada, was in Place d'Armes at Aldred Building's site]] [[File:Place d'Armes, Montreal, QC, about 1895.jpg|215px|thumb|Provincial Bank of Canada in Place d'Armes on the left, between Quebec Bank Building and Notre-Dame Basilica, Montreal, about 1895]]

As Secretary-Treasurer of DeLorimier, he is recorded getting the approval for city loans to start various public works to meet the increasing growth of the city, including drains, paving streets and laying water pipes on Mount Royal Avenue, as well as building a bridge on Iberville street under the crossing of the Canadian Pacific Railway.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/419418059/ The Gazette], 28 Jun 1898, Tue ·Page 5</ref> In 1899, Yale is taking legal action against Ferdinand Bayard, Alderman of DeLorimier, on accusations of corruption and bribery with the Imperial Bank of Canada, hoping to have him removed from the city council.<ref>[https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/3237961?docsearchtext=%22arthur%20yale%22 La presse], 3 novembre 1899, vendredi 3 novembre 1899</ref>

In 1901, Yale was made the representative of the Provident Trust and Investment Co., one of the foremost financial institutions at the time, dealing in real estate and mortgages, with a capital stock of $500,000 and Alphonse Desjardins, mayor of Montreal, as first board director.<ref>[https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/2355746?docsearchtext=%22arthur%20yale%22 Gazette officielle du Québec]. Québec official gazette., 12 janvier 1901, samedi 12 (no 2), p. 54</ref><ref>[https://archive.org/details/historyofquebeci02sultuoft/page/782/mode/2up?q=provident A history of Quebec, its resources and people], Benjamin Sulte, Canada History Co., Quebec, 1908, p. 782</ref><ref>[https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/2355650 Gazette officielle du Québec], Québec official gazette., 29 avril 1899, samedi 29 (no 17), p. 921</ref> During his public office at DeLorimier, he was involved in inviting the manufacturers to establish themselves in the city, in exchange for tax reductions, fostering economic growth to the area.<ref>[https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/3236674 La presse], 14 septembre 1895, samedi 14 septembre 1895</ref>

In 1904, Yale attended the funerals of politician Joseph Brunet with his brother, Capt. George Yale, and other members.<ref>[https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/4704113 The daily witness], 20 avril 1904, mercredi 20 avril 1904</ref> His brother became the mechanical superintendent of the Harbour Commissioners (Port of Montreal).<ref>[https://archive.org/details/reportsharbourc03fishgoog/page/n254/mode/2up?q=yale Reports of the Harbour Commissioners for Montreal], Quebec, Canada Dept. of Marine and Fisheries, New York Library, 1908, p. 30</ref><ref>[https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2018/parl/x12-3/X12-3-8-1902-eng.pdf Sessional papers of the Dominion of Canada], 1902, p. 218</ref> Capt. Yale was an attendee at the banquet of the Montreal Club as well as of the first annual dinner of the Montreal Harbor Commissioners, along with Lt. Col. George Washington Stephens Jr., member of the League of Nations, Colonel William P. Anderson, Louis de Gaspé Beaubien, Manuel Carneiro de Sousa Bandeira, prussian Franz Coels von der Brügghen, and other consul generals and colonels.<ref>[https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/3563000?docsearchtext=%22geo.%20h.%20yale%22 Le Canada], 18 juin 1912, mardi 18 juin 1912, p. 4</ref><ref>[https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/4710740 The daily witness], 2 décembre 1907, lundi 2 décembre 1907, p. 5</ref>

In 1909, Yale is involved in a lawsuit with Dr. Adelard Lebel of Lorimier.<ref name="Yale Bourgeois">[https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/3241805?docsearchtext=%22arthur%20yale%22 La presse], 30 mai 1906, mercredi 30 mai 1906, p. 9</ref> Yale is elected Alderman of the city of Cote-des-Neiges in 1910 by the Citizens Association of Montreal.<ref name="Yale death2"/><ref>[https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/4688822 The daily witness], 22 juin 1910, mercredi 22 juin 1910, p. 1</ref> When Cote-des-Neiges was annexed by the city of Montreal, he lost the elections to A. B. Deguire, with the Aldermen now working from Montreal City Hall at Place Jacques-Cartier.<ref>[https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/4688833?docsearchtext=%22arthur%20yale%22 The daily witness], 5 juillet 1910, mardi 5 juillet 1910</ref> Following his defeat, he accused his adversary of being dishonest, as Deguire was not a resident of Cote-des-Neiges and his father had been the ex-mayor.<ref name="Yale Deguire1"/> On a debate, Deguire was trying to take credit from Yale's work as alderman of the city, such as his aqueduct project and other developments for the greater good of Montreal.<ref name="Yale Deguire1"/>

Yale wasn't favorable to the annextion of Cote-des-Neiges to the city of Montreal, and after their failed promises, he and other businessmen launched a petition to have Montreal deliver on their projects, such as bringing the railroad, which would pass on Yale's estate. He also accused Deguire of using his wealth and connections to get elected.<ref name="Yale Deguire1">[https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/3562401?docsearchtext=%22arthur%20yale%22 Le Canada], 4 juillet 1910, lundi 4 juillet 1910, p. 8</ref> Yale lived at Cote-des-Neiges, where he had a farm and residence.<ref>[https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/3241045?docsearchtext=%22arthur%20yale%22 La presse], 4 février 1905, samedi 4 février 1905, p. 6</ref> At the time, the city was a neighborhood of the French-Canadian bourgeoisie, and the location of the prestigious Montreal Hunt Club.<ref>[https://www.souvenirsetmemoirescdn.com/post/le-montreal-hunt-club Montreal Hunt Club], Souvenirs et mémoires Côte-des-Neiges, Société d’histoire Souvenirs et mémoires de la Côte-des-Neiges, November 4, 2022, Accessed January 29, 2024</ref><ref>[https://ville.montreal.qc.ca/pls/portal/docs/PAGE/ARROND_VMA_FR/MEDIA/DOCUMENTS/LR_VM_BROCHURE_EVOLUTION_HISTORIQUE_FINAL_010816.PDF Évolution Historique du Territoire du Centre-Ville de Montréal], Ville-Marie, Montreal, June 2016, p. 24</ref> A notable resident of Cote-des-Neiges among others included John Molson Jr., founder of the Molson Bank, and son of John Molson, patriarch of the Molson family.

==Yale Islands== thumb|225px|Side view of the original manor, c. 1905. Burned down c. 1955 [[File:Pont sur la riviere des Mille-Iles - Saint-Eustache.jpg|thumb|225px|Bridge on the Rivière des Mille Îles - Saint-Eustache, close to the islands]] [[File:Mill of the lord of Rivière-du-Chene, passed northern Montreal.png|thumb|Mill of the Lord of Riviere-du-Chene, Arthur Yale acquired it in 1912]]

Arthur Yale, bourgeois and gentilhomme,<ref name="Yale Bourgeois"/><ref>[https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/2787404?docsearchtext=%22arthur%20yale%22%20%22chemin%20de%20la%20cote%20des%20neiges%22 Le devoir], 20 juin 1910, lundi 20 juin 1910, p. 2</ref> became the proprietor of the Yale Islands, St-Eustache, in 1905, which consisted of two islands of about 15 acres each, historically part of a larger estate.<ref name="Yale Claire1">[https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/2253216?docsearchtext=%22claire%20yale%22 La presse], 27 février 1986, D. Décoration, p. D10</ref><ref>[https://lametropole.com/2019/06/13/oasis-de-lile-une-escapade-a-quelques-minutes-de-la-ville/ Oasis de l’Île : une escapade à quelques minutes de la ville], La Metropole, Bernard Gauthier, June 13, 2019</ref> The first island is named Yale Island, and the second is named Yale Islands Estate, later renamed Norbert-Aube Island by a real estate developer.<ref>[https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/2208225 La presse], 14 juin 2008, F. Les petites annonces, p. 101</ref>

Yale acquired the mill "Moulin de la Dalle" near the estate around 1912 from Dr. Constant Loiseau, a mill that initially belonged to Eustache Lambert-Dumont, Lord of Milles-Iles.<ref name="Yale mill1"/> The mill was later converted into a residence.<ref name="Yale mill1"/> Arthur Yale's original manor was built on the island around 1905, and would be burn down 50 years later by criminals, along with another house on the property, both belonging to his daughter Claire Yale at the time.<ref name="Yale IslandBurn">[https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/4331863?docsearchtext=%22claire%20yale%22 La patrie], 17 mars 1953, mardi 17 mars 1953, p. 24</ref><ref name="Yale Claire1"/> The first home was furnished by furnitures imported from Europe, such as a hand sculpted German piano, and with various European paintings, which had been transmitted in their family for generations.<ref>[https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/3575476?docsearchtext=%22claire%20yale%22 Le Canada], 18 mars 1953, mercredi 18 mars 1953, p. 2</ref><ref name="Yale IslandBurn"/>

The second home was rented to Dr. Paul Robin.<ref name="Yale IslandBurn"/> Claire Yale's manor on the island, which was extended over time, featured an indoor pool, 5 garages, 4 fireplaces, a servant or guest house, and other facilities.<ref>[https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/2179785?docsearchtext=yale La presse], 2 mai 1995, C. Économie, p. C 6</ref> They eventually received authorisations from the government to build the two bridges needed to link the two islands by car.<ref>[https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/2790762?docsearchtext=%22arthur%20yale%22 Le devoir], 29 août 1931, samedi 29 août 1931, p. 10</ref> Claire and Wilfrid Yale sold the mill around 1941 to Westmount architect Harold. E. Devitt, proprietor of Iron Cat Co., interior designers for Baron Hugh Graham, Maison Alcan and Upper Westmount clients.<ref name="Yale mill1">[https://www.patriotes.cc/portal/fr/docs/revuedm/01/revuedm01_2.pdf Le Moulin de la Dalle], CLAUDE-HENRI GRIGNON ANDRÉ GIROUX, p. 29</ref><ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/422178170/ The Gazette], 15 Jul 1981, Wed ·Page 23</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=o817K419OEUC&dq=%22The+Iron+Cat%22+%22westmount%22&pg=PA281 Fashion: A Canadian Perspective], Alexandra Palmer, p. 281</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=7ol_AwAAQBAJ&dq=maison+alcan+%22iron+cat%22&pg=PT157 Expect Miracles: Recollections of a Lucky Life], David M. Culver, McGill University Press, 2014</ref>

With the industrialisation of Montreal over the generations, the islands stopped being completely used as a secluded private summer retreat, and started to evolve to meet the growing demand in waterfront properties. The first island would be developed with about 10 luxury waterfront homes and 100 condominiums under real estate developer Michel St-Jacques.<ref>[https://montrealgazette.com/news/oasis-near-montreal-includes-a-spa-and-bistro Oasis near Montreal includes a spa and bistro], Montreal Gazette, Rochelle Lash, July 28, 2011</ref> The Yale Island Estate would stay private, with a private bridge and a manorial residence. An hostel would eventually be added and developed into a spa with large heated pools. This island was sold in 2016 to a Chinese consortium for $12,000,000, with plans to add 300 luxury condominiums.<ref>[https://www.journaldequebec.com/2016/08/23/coquetelions-2016 Coquetélions 2016 : Une Grosse Vente], Journal de Quebec, Pierre Gingras, August 23, 2016</ref> They are still known locally as the Yale Islands, and the street kept the name of Yale Islands Road.<ref>[https://toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/ct/ToposWeb/Fiche.aspx?no_seq=346615 Chemin des Îles-Yale], Commission de toponymie, Quebec, Accessed January 31, 2024</ref>

The Yale Islands are located about 3 miles from Celine Dion's island named "[https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/2020-07-20/ile-gagnon-a-laval-un-projet-immobilier-souleve-un-tolle.php#:~:text=L'%C3%AEle%20Gagnon%20est%20une,de%20r%C3%A9ception%20pour%20des%20%C3%A9v%C3%A8nements Gagnon Island]", and are about 20 minutes from Downtown Montreal by car.<ref>[https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/2020-07-20/ile-gagnon-a-laval-un-projet-immobilier-souleve-un-tolle.php#:~:text=L'%C3%AEle%20Gagnon%20est%20une,de%20r%C3%A9ception%20pour%20des%20%C3%A9v%C3%A8nements. Île Gagnon, à Laval: un projet immobilier soulève un tollé], Kathleen Levesque, La Presse.com, July 20, 2020, Accessed January 28, 2024</ref><ref>[https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/2181192?docsearchtext=pont La presse], 16 janvier 1996, C. Économie, p. C4</ref> Yale's brother-in-law, Alderman Joseph Lacombe, brother of Simon Lacombe, would also become the owner of the neighboring island, and name it the Joseph-Lacombe Island. These were the Lacombes who became the namesake of Lacombe Avenue in Cote-des-Neiges, named after their estates.<ref>[https://www.imtl.org/rue_montreal.php?rue=Lacombe Avenue Lacombe], Montreal, Images and Edifices, Montreal, Accessed January 29, 2024</ref><ref name="Dr Desm1">[https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/3241929?docsearchtext=%22arthur%20yale%22 La presse], 23 octobre 1906, mardi 23 octobre 1906, p. 12</ref> The avenue features St. Mary's Hospital, and is next to College Notre-dame and College Jean-de-Brebeuf.

==Personal life== [[File:Maison Simon-Lacombe 35.jpg|thumb|right|Maison Simon-Lacombe, initially built in 1751, New France, now in Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery, next to the University of Montreal]]

Arthur Yale married to Elizabeth Lacombe, a daughter of Emélie Desmarchais and Simon Lacombe, whose ancestral home would later be moved to Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery as part of a preservation initiative by the city of Montreal.<ref>[https://www.bibliotheque.assnat.qc.ca/DepotNumerique_v2/AffichageFichier.aspx?idf=257532 364 Chap. 112, Estate Simon Lacombe], 6 E d. VII</ref><ref>[https://www.bibliotheque.assnat.qc.ca/DepotNumerique_v2/AffichageFichier.aspx?idf=131121 Loi concernant la succession de feu Simon Lacombe], Chap. 112, Mars 9, 1906</ref><ref name="Lacombe Simon1">[https://www.patrimoine-culturel.gouv.qc.ca/rpcq/detail.do?methode=consulter&id=92751&type=bien# Maison Simon-Lacombe], Patrimoine Immobilier, Repertoire du Patrimoine culturel du Quebec, Culture et Communications, Accessed January 28, 2024</ref> Before being moved, the home had been the property of architect Gratton D. Thomson, builder of a Westmount pavillon of the Montreal Children's Hospital and of another pavillon at Lower Canada College.<ref>[https://imtl.org/architecte_montreal.php?architecte=Grattan_D_Thompson Grattan D. Thompson], Images and Edifices, Montreal, Accessed January 29, 2024</ref><ref name="Lacombe Simon1"/>

Yale's residences were on Côte-des-Neiges Road and on Lorimier Street in Plateau-Mount Royal.<ref>[https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/3207767?docsearchtext=%22yale%22 La presse], 6 mars 1917, mardi 6 mars 1917, p. 15</ref> He later lived at 69 Cote-des-Neiges Road next to Cote-des-Neiges Armoury and Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery, at the entrance of Westmount Summit.<ref>[https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/2787404?docsearchtext=%22yale%22%20%22cote%20des%20neiges%22 Le devoir], 20 juin 1910, lundi 20 juin 1910, p. 2</ref> Yale was an amateur of yachting in Saint-Eustache along with his brother-in-law Joseph Lacombe, who owned the neighboring island named Joseph-Lacombe Island.<ref>[https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/2793458?docsearchtext=%22joseph%20yale%22 Le devoir], 16 juillet 1915, vendredi 16 juillet 1915, p.4</ref> In 1913, he was part of the regatta races; his yacht "Claire" won the first place in a contest at the nautical club.<ref>[https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/2791489?docsearchtext=%22arthur%20yale%22 Le devoir], 21 juillet 1913, lundi 21 juillet 1913, p. 4</ref>

He became a founding member of the Nautical Club of Saint-Eustache in 1909, and a board director.<ref>[https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/3214452?docsearchtext=%22arthur%20yale%22. La presse], 25 août 1909, mercredi 25 août 1909, p .3</ref> Yale was a judge and member of the reception committee of the yacht club, along with politician Hector Champagne and Charles de Bellefeuille, family of the ex Lord of Bellefeuille. Members on the general committee included various mayors, politician Frederick Debartzch Monk, grandson of Lord Pierre-Dominique Debartzch, a Harvard graduate, and others.<ref>[https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/3563027 Le Canada], 19 juillet 1912, vendredi 19 juillet 1912, p. 2</ref>

Arthur Yale had number of cousins, among which were lawyer Jacob Yale Fortier and Esther Yale, wife of Joseph Bremner Clearihue of Westmount, merchant and alderman of the City of Montreal under mayors James Cochrane, Raymond Préfontaine and Sir Hormisdas Laporte.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/histoiredelacor00lamo/page/368/mode/2up?q=clearihue Histoire de la corporation de la cité de Montréal], Lamothe, J. Cléophas, Montreal printing and publishing company, 1903, p. 368-370</ref><ref name="Geneo1"/> He was a cofounder and President of the Gould Cold Storage Co. in Griffintown, and a partner of Capt. John A. Macmaster, master Mariner of the Port of Montreal, and father of Andrew Ross McMaster. He was also a land speculator in Westmount and was in a partnership with industrialists William Strachan, cofounder of Her Majesty's Theatre, Senator Alfred Thibaudeau and mayor Raymond Préfontaine.

[[File:Gould Storage Facility Plant, Griffintown, Montreal, Wellington Street.jpg|thumb|Gould Cold Storage Co.'s plant, William Street, Griffintown, Montreal, 1905]]

George A. Yale, Milton M. Yale and Harold E. Yale from Outremont, proprietors of Yale Lithographing & Printing Co. and Yale Realty Co. on St. Paul Street, were Master printers and had a real estate investment and brokerage firm, dealing heavily in Outremont.<ref>[https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/4693058?docsearchtext=%22yale%20realty%20co%22 The daily witness], 11 février 1911, samedi 11 février 1911, p. 18</ref><ref>[https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/3653003?docsearchtext=%22YALE%20LITHOGRAPHING%22 Collection d'annuaires], Lovell de Montréal et sa région, 1842-2010, p. 598</ref><ref>[https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/3653211?docsearchtext=%22yale%20lithographing%20%20printing%22 Collection d'annuaires], Lovell de Montréal et sa région, 1842-2010</ref> One of the Yales was a member of the Real Estate Exchange under president Ucal-Henri Dandurand, an associate of Sir Herbert Samuel Holt, cofounder of Ritz-Carlton Montreal. A distant cousin was wholesale grocer Charles H. Beckwith, father of New York artist James Carroll Beckwith, who was a member of the Social Register and neighbor of Cornelius Vanderbilt II in New York, builder of The Breakers.<ref name="Geneo1">[https://archive.org/details/yalegenealogyhis00byuyale/page/374/mode/2up?q=arthur Yale Genealogy and History of Wales], Rodney Horace Yale, Milburn & Scott Co., Beatrice, Nebraska, 1908, p. 243-375-388-390</ref>

Arthur Yale died on March 6, 1917, in Cote-des-Neiges, at 57 years old.<ref name="Yale death2"/> He ran unsuccessfully for the office of Alderman of Montreal at Montreal City Hall one year before his death.<ref name="Yale death2"/> With his wife Elizabeth Lacombe, Yale had 4 children. He was buried at Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery.<ref>[https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/3207767?docsearchtext=%22arthur%20yale%22%20%22chemin%20de%20la%20cote%20des%20neiges%22 La presse], 6 mars 1917, mardi 6 mars 1917, p. 15</ref> His only heiress was his daughter Claire Yale, who is recorded going to court to make law changes.<ref>[https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/3176197 Le soleil], 22 novembre 1951, jeudi 22 novembre 1951, p. 10</ref> She applied to the Quebec Legislature by private bill for the modifications of certain clauses of the will to be able to sell some properties.<ref>[https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/2358664 Gazette officielle du Québec]. Québec official gazette., 1 septembre 1951, samedi 1 (no 35), p. 2372</ref> Her son, John Yale, born Jean-Paul, became a British artist and cousin of Dr. Pierre-Paul Yale and Dr. Jean-Francois Yale.<ref name="Miss YaleD1">[https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/2185155 La presse], 18 décembre 1997, D. Sortir, page D 15</ref> John Yale was Canada's only full-time aviation artist and emigrated to the U.K., where he exposed his paintings at the Royal Society of British Artists in London, England.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/image/419412704/?terms=yale&match=1 The Gazette], 09 Dec 1959, Wed ·Page 21</ref><ref name="Claire D1">[https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/2185155?docsearchtext=claire%20yale%20deces%201997 La presse], 18 décembre 1997, D. Sortir, p. D15</ref> He also worked with Air Vice Marshal Peter Anthony Latham, and Air Marshal Sir Harold Maguire, later Director-General of Intelligence for the Ministry of Defence.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=snIslTayV3cC&dq=%22john+yale%22+%22uk%22+%22painter%22&pg=PA800 Flight: Aircraft, Spacecraft, Missiles], Volume 76, pp. 750-800</ref>

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