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Interview with Mr. Vanek, Former Chief of Staff at the Quemont Mine

“In 1952 there were many immigrant groups. French Canadians would generally refer to them as DP, but this is a fallacy. DPs were people that were displaced for […]

Interview With Anthropologist Sylvain Beaupré

Sylvain Beaupré : “In lode mines, where the deposits are at their narrowest, we still use outdated technologies. But the system is always the same. The driller gets […]

Interview with Rémi Jodouin about the Working Conditions of Miners in the 1930s

Interviewer: And then you started working at the mine in 1931. Can you tell us how it was, working in mines, at that time? What was the job […]

Interview with Vital Goulet, one of Rouyn’s pioneers

Interviewer: Mr. Vital Goulet, you are one of Rouyn-Noranda’s pioneers. When you got here, what kinds of buildings, of shacks, was there? Vital Goulet: There was none. There […]

Jos, Agnès, Cécile and Blanche Dumulon in 1925

This photo was taken shortly after Jos Dumulon’s wife (Agnès) and daughters (Cécile and Blanche) left Ville-Marie to settle in the Rouyn township.

Dumulon General Store Shelves

This photo was taken in the re-creation of the Dumulon General Store which has become an historical site. On the left, you can see household cleaning supplies, including […]

Painting of the Dumulon General Store, the First Post Office in Rouyn.

This painting allows us to see what kind of building was built on the Dumulon tip in Rouyn’s early days. On the right, you can see Jos Dumulon’s […]

Jos Dumulon’s General Store and Post Office

This photo of Jos Dumulon’s General Store was taken before a boomtown-styled front was added to the building in 1925.

Skating Rink on Osisko Lake

In the early days of Rouyn, the snow on Édouard Lake and Osisko Lake was cleared so that people could skate and play hockey. On Osisko Lake, the […]

A Headframe at the Horne Mine in Noranda

In underground mines, it is necessary to dig shafts and to build a headframe for easy transportation of workers, materials and ores to the surface. This photograph from […]

The Construction Site of the Soon-to-be City of Noranda, between 1926 and 1927

When it was decided that a city should be built, the site located on the north shore of Osisko Lake had to be cleared before construction could start. […]

Prospectors Search Occurrence of Precious Ore Deposits on a Rock Outcrop

When rocks are not outcropped, prospectors must dig in the overburden in order to find the part of the rock that could potentially contain precious ores. To run […]