Category: Light Industry

View of the Wilson Pulp Mill and Bridge

With Curé Antoine Labelle’s encouragement, André Silfrid Delisle and his cousin Wilbrod Delisle built a pulp mill on the Rivière du Nord, near Saunderson Falls, in 1881. Before […]

Inauguration of the Saint-Jérôme Mill

Saint-Jérôme’s transformation from village to industrial town began in the 1880s. Gradually, new industries were established along the shores of the Rivière du Nord, exploiting its water power. […]