James Andrew Scougale (1866 - 1927)
	
James Scougale was born in Colborne, Ontario to father James Scougale (d. 1890). James Jr. and two brothers, Adam and Andrew, were all living in Colborne in 1891. Adam was the eldest and he and James Jr. were retailing dry goods with Adam as the bookkeeper. In 1900, the three Scougale brothers were living in Vancouver and running the Scougale Dry Good at Hastings and Richards. The building was new, completed in 1899, and was the only corner building at this intersection that was not a bank. The Scougales were no longer in business in Vancouver by 1903.((Changing Vancouver then and now.” 2020 website: https://changingvancouver.wordpress.com/tag/james-scougale/)) 
	
In March 1904, J. A. Scougale applied for homestead of 160 acres of land on the Kaskawulsh River between Pine and Marshall creeks on the Ruby Trail and a half mile northwest of the W.H. Rosenburg location. In the same spring, B. A. Frost applied for 160 acres on one side of Scougale, and W. W. Moore applied for 160 acres on the other side.((Yukon Archives, YRG I, Series 5, Vol. 7, File 547.))
	
James prospected in the Mayo area from 1901 - 1905 and mined on Scougale Creek, a tributary of the Beaver River.  He bought the Discovery Claim at Minto Lake from Elmer Makela and Jimmy Scrivener and mined it with some success.((Linda E.T. MacDonald and Lynette R. Bleiler, //Gold & Galena.// Mayo Historical Society, 1990: 213, 450.)) He had two quartz claims in the Yukon in 1910.((Changing Vancouver then and now.” 2020 website: https://changingvancouver.wordpress.com/tag/james-scougale/)) 
	
In July 1912, the Scougale Mercantile Company was located on Second Avenue in Dawson.((Store receipt to Dan Cadzow at Rampart House. Yukon Archives, Woodall Collection. MSS 099, Rob Woodall file #1.)) The Dawson business was a profitable one.((Linda E.T. MacDonald and Lynette R. Bleiler, //Gold & Galena.// Mayo Historical Society, 1990: 213, 450.)) The Scougale Brothers [Adam and Andrew?] returned to Colborne, Ontario and opened two stores, one for hats and another for clothing. The Scougale Residence in Colborne, built in 1820, is now a heritage home.((Changing Vancouver then and now.” 2020 website: https://changingvancouver.wordpress.com/tag/james-scougale/))  
	
Around 1914, James Scougale was using the territorial diamond drill at the Silver King Mine in the Mayo district. In 1923, he and Jack Alverson owned a Mt. Cameron property.((Changing Vancouver then and now.” 2020 website: https://changingvancouver.wordpress.com/tag/james-scougale/)) James Scougale died in 1927 and is buried in Mayo.((Linda E.T. MacDonald and Lynette R. Bleiler, //Gold & Galena.// Mayo Historical Society, 1990: 213, 450.))