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Interview with Léon Dumulon

Here is an interview with Rouyn’s pioneer Léon Dumulon who built his father’s General Store. Léon Dumulon: I left Ville-Marie to go to Baie Gillies with horses. From […]

Underground Work at Elder Mine

Elder mine, sometimes called Peel-Elder mine, was located in Évain (today a district of Rouyn-Noranda). Gold deposits were discovered in 1933, but Elder Gold Mines Limited only started […]

“Les Fros”, a song by Richard Desjardins

We are by the Horne Mine’s barriers in 1934, in the midst of an economic crisis, there is a strike led by those we called the “Fros” when […]

The German Community Hall

In the 1950s, a German club met in the basement of this building which was mainly taken up by the Princess Hotel. There were many social gatherings, including […]

Relocation in Rouyn South, 1938

This is young Henri Robert in 1938, during the relocation of several houses of Galipeau Street (now known as Larivière Street). In the background, you can see the […]

A Slovak Parade for Rouyn’s 25th Anniversary in 1951

This photo was taken on Principale Street during the celebrations of Rouyn’s 25th anniversary which shows that a small Slovak community lived in the sister cities. Since they […]

The Chong Lee Laundromat Located on Principale Street, Circa 1928–1930

The laundromat on the left in the photo was owned by Chong Lee, an Asian immigrant. Many immigrants from Asia settled in the sister cities in the late […]

Rough Caricature of Yukon Jessie, a Famous Bootlegger

Yukon Jessie, sometimes called Klondike Jessie, but whose real name is still unknown, was a bootlegger in 1925 in the Rouyn township. She worked in many cities where gold […]

The First Police Station and the Liquor Commission Space in Rouyn, 1927

This photo was taken after Rouyn was incorporated into a village municipality on May 6, 1926. Before that, the legislation did not allow the area to establish a […]

Aerial View of Rouyn Township in the Mid-1920s

At the top, you can see the Rouyn village south of Osisko Lake. At that time, about 600 people lived there permanently. The first newcomers settled near Osisko […]

Rouyn’s Principale Street in the Mid-1930s

This photo was taken west of Rouyn’s Principale Street, between Gamble Street and McQuaig (now called Terminus Street) in the mid-1930s. Principale Street quickly became one of the […]

Aerial View of Rouyn and Noranda in August 1933

Virtually no one lived in the Rouyn township in the early 1920s. But the number of inhabitants grew in 1933, at the time this photo was taken, to […]