Gold Rush: Stories of Big Mines and a Little Town Named Malartic Gold Rush; stories of big mines and a little town named Malartic Musée minéralogique de l'Abitibi-Témiscamingue
Remembering the Missing Miners On October 1st, 2011, a memorial monument was dedicated to victims of the tragedy at the Musée minéralogique de l’Abitibi-Témiscamingue, located in Malartic. The […]
Malartic’s main street in the 1940s, prior to being paved.
View of Roc-d’Or’s main street in early 1940.
One of the Roc-d’Or buildings being moved to Malartic using tractors and wood logs.
Workers struggle to lift a building over the railway.
Front page of the weekly newspaper “La Gazette du Nord” announcing the tragedy that occurred at the East Malartic Mine on April 24, 1947.
Malartic mourns its missing at a ceremony in the Catholic school. A funeral procession is organized in honour of the victims.