Boom and Bust in a Mining Village: The Sad Fate of Roc-d’Or Boom and Bust in a Mining Village: The Sad Fate of Roc-d’Or Société d'histoire de Malartic
Carole St-Jarre speaks about company villages. Mrs. Carole St-Jarre: “Gold Fields Mines, that was further away. There was the road going in to Gold Fields which was about, I […]
This photo taken between 1938 and 1942, shows that business is thriving in Roc-d’Or. On the right, we see the Bellevue Hotel and St-Onge Grocery Store.
Usually, bulldozers would destroy buildings that could not be moved to Malartic. Sometimes, obstacles prevented machinery from getting close enough. The building would be burned to the ground. […]
Today, more than 70 years after the last squatter moved out, there is no trace of Roc-d’Or. Several houses now stand where the village used to be. As […]
This is the only Roc-d’Or house spared from demolition. This modern, “first-class” house built in 1940 belonged to a contractor. According to the Roc-d’Or Inquiry Report, it stood […]
Some squatter homes are strong enough to withstand the move. They must first be raised and solidified. There follows the installation on wooden skids provided by the government. […]
The picture shows a building being moved from Roc-d’Or to Malartic in July 1943. A few buildings had been already relocated some years before. Such was the case […]
Perron, a village of squatters northeast of Val-d’Or, was also in the government’s sight. In the fall of 1937, the government decided to establish the mining village of […]
Kewagama (also known as Petit-Canada) was a squatter village located in Cadillac Township. Near O’Brien Gold Mines. Effervescent — much like “Putainville” — Kewagama also lacked running water […]
The residents of Rouyn-Sud were very poor and could not afford a school. Missionaries of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate took charge of instruction. Many of the children […]
The north side of rue Royale, at the intersection of avenue Centrale. The first building on the right houses The Bank of Toronto and Malartic pharmacy. Opposite avenue […]
The photograph shows that rue Royale was still unpaved at the time. It illustrates the difference between the town of Malartic and the squatter village of Roc-d’Or.
