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
In 1942, of the 266 buildings erected in Roc-d’Or, 137 were log cabins. They had been built in the early days of the village in 1936 or 1937. […]
The settlement is dense and lacks waste disposal services. People simply throw all their rubbish on the ground very close to the houses. As reported by the Roc-d’Or […]
There being no sewage system in Roc-d’Or, there is no waste water treatment. Thus, according to the Roc-d’Or Inquiry Report, “a thick layer of black mud covers some […]
In May 1938, a group of Roc-d’Or citizens organised a major clean-up. They wanted to show the goodwill of the residents and spruce up the image of their […]
This is Malartic’s first Saint-Martin-de-Tours Church. Construction began on August 25th 1938. The first mass was celebrated some three months later. Unfortunately, in November 1946, a defective heating […]
Reverend Dr. Williston, Anglican pastor of Malartic, was interviewed by the inquiry officials. “Roc-d’Or is a place of shame, he said, and there is no water system or […]
Shown is Salle Massicotte [Massicotte Hall]. The first floor of the building served as a ballroom. Most of the public meetings on the future of Roc-d’Or took place […]
Roc-d’Or was not incorporated and civil and religious authorities refused to build any school or church. The lack of a church did not cause much of a stir, […]
The 32-year-old woman had lived in Roc-d’Or since 1936. She was a Russian of Ukrainian origin of the Greek Catholic faith. In September 1941, several citizens of Roc-d’Or […]
A report dated April 6th 1936 contains the oldest reference to Roc-d’Or. Written by an inspector of the Department of Mines, it says that almost all of the occupants […]
This map is an excerpt from “De l’or… et des putes? [Gold … and Whores?], a book by Alexandre Faucher, published in 2014. Most of Roc-d’Or’s businesses fronted the […]
In this interview, Thérèse Legault-Richard shares an anecdote about what happened at Roc-d’Or pharmacy. Mrs. Thérèse Legault-Richard: “There was a pharmacy too. And I remember, because my sister had […]
