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
Established in 1940, this “patent medicine” shop belonged to Roger Gauthier and was located on the west side of the main street. It was essentially a pharmacy that […]
This Shell gas station belonged to Noël Blanchette and Jean-Marie Gauthier. It opened in 1936 at the very beginning of Roc-d’Or in the most commercial part of the […]
The workforce was very mobile throughout the region. In fact, far from their roots, workers did not often settle down. Several Roc-d’Or inhabitants offered room-and-board services. A Finn […]
Identified as “Israelites”, a couple in their fifties and their 16-year-old daughter lived in Roc-d’Or starting in 1938. In the 1941 census, more than 200 Northwestern Quebeckers report […]
In 1939, the new town of Malartic sat on 2,590 acres. It covered the Canadian Malartic, East Malartic and Sladen (Barnat) Malartic mining claims. In May 1942, Malartic […]
Val-d’Or incorporated as a village in August 1935, became a town in May 1937. Though similar to Rouyn, it seems to have had an even worse reputation. So […]
In the early 1920s, the discovery of precious metals led to rapid population growth in Rouyn Township. Families and merchants followed prospectors and miners and settled on the […]
Except for those who owned generators, there was no electricity in Roc-d’Or. Yet, many homes had a telephone. Newspapers were available in the squatter village even if a […]
This is the laundry ran by the only Chinese immigrant to settle in Roc-d’Or. The 1941 census records 136 people of Chinese origin in Northwestern Quebec. They came, […]
