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
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 […]
Transcript of La Gazette du Nord newspaper article, dated 24 July, 1925, about policing in Rouyn. “At present, the unrest that erupted in the Rouyn Township last spring has almost […]
Here, Mr. Réjean Hamel illustrates the importance of Father Joseph-Albert Renaud in Malartic. Interviewer: “Is it true that Father Renaud was responsible for Roc-d’Or’s fate?” Réjean Hamel: “Father Renaud was […]
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, […]
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 […]
