As a well respected young Irishman William Power and his clever young German wife opened a hotel at Yale in 1858. As a leading citizen in 1861 Power was one of a delegation of 3 to approach Governor Douglas with a petition to have the Cariboo Wagon Road start at Yale, rather than at Hope. (Info from "A History of B.C.", by F.W.Howay and E.O.S. Scholefield, 1912, p.99)
William Power (credit: BC Archives #ZZ-95310)
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