Residential Archives | The birth of Rouyn and Noranda: a mining story

A few log cabins on the southwest shores of Osisko Lake

Starting in the winter of 1923–1924, the first log cabins were built around Osisko Lake. For its first inhabitants, this lake made it easier to get around and allowed […]

Aerial View of the Managers’ Neighbourhood in Noranda

Aerial view of the managers’ neighbourhood in Noranda. On the upper left, there are several of Noranda’s residential streets. The Carmichael Roman Catholic Church is in the centre-left. The […]

The Construction of Perrault Street

This photo was taken on Perrault Street, from an eastern vantage point, on the corner of Du Portage Street and Principale Street. The photographer was standing on the […]

Noranda City in 1939

In the late 1930s, Armand Senécal was a travelling salesman for the Salada Tea Company and visited several mining towns in Abitibi. He took the opportunity to shoot […]

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 […]

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 Group of People in Front of the A. Niemen Boarding House

International immigrants came to the area to earn a living. Since they had few ties, they were prone to moving each time a high paying job came along. […]

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. […]