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
Interview with sociologist Jean-Philippe Rioux-Blanchet about the two waves of international immigration to Abitibi. Mr. Jean-Philippe Rioux-Blanchet: “Abitibi-Témiscamingue had two important waves of immigration. The first wave was at […]
Rose-Aimée Francoeur-Mask recounts her life in Roc-d´Or Mrs. Rose-Aimée Francoeur-Mask: “We stayed six years at Roc-d’Or, it seems to me. After that, we moved to Malartic. But in the past, […]
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. […]
Excerpt from an interview in which Mrs. Carole St-Jarre discusses the remembrance of Roc-d’Or. Mrs. Carole St-Jarre: “The houses were moved from the southern district in 2009 and 2010. […]
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. […]
Rose-Aimée Francoeur-Mask talks about moving her house: Mrs. Francoeur-Mask: “I remember that in our case, they moved the house with large logs underneath. And that it was a tractor […]
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.
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. […]
