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
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 […]
During their visit to Roc-d’Or in August 1942, the investigators took photographs. They also filled out forms on each household. The record shows the name, age and employment […]
The Quebec government wanted to improve its oversight of new mining towns. So, in the mid-1930s, it established its Mining Villages Division. In 1938, the head of the […]
Transcript of an article covering the election of the Roc-d’Or Chamber of Commerce. “Roc-d’Or: Directors of the Chamber of Commerce and projects. The citizens of Roc d’Or have […]
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, […]
In Roc-d’Or brothels, clients first wait their tun on the ground floor where they drink before “going upstairs for the sum of $3.” Jacques Miquelon, in his memoirs.
In this excerpt from an interview, Madame Marielle Rioux talks about prostitutes and the illegal liquor trade in “Putainville”, French for “Whoreville”. Mrs. Marielle Rioux: “In the old […]
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 […]
