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
Malartic Gold Fields had its own village eight kilometers east of Malartic. Named in honour of Robert A. Halet, the mine’s manager, the small settlement was home to […]
At first, Malartic Gold Mines’ private camp was quite barebone. However, once exploration got underway in 1927, it grew considerably. With the construction of its ore-processing plant in […]
In the late 1930s, mines began producing gold a few kilometers east of Canadian Malartic. East Malartic Mines (concrete headframe), in operation 1938 to 1979, produced some 87 […]
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 […]
Emulating Noranda Mines, Teck-Hughes Gold Mines founded its own town in April 1934. The company built Bourlamaque on the grounds of its Lamaque mine. It controlled its development […]
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 […]
When it was incorporated in March 1936, Noranda was granted a special status. It would exempt the town from certain provisions of the Quebec Cities and Towns Act. […]
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 […]
