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 […]
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 […]
In the summer of 1923, gold was found in Fournière Township. The Porcupine Goldfields Development and Finance Company acquired the mining claims. Prospection went on until 1925, when […]
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 […]
After the arrival of the railway in Abitibi, the provincial government aided by the Catholic clergy encouraged settlement by families. Colonization propagandists, mostly clergymen, crisscrossed Quebec to promote […]
The National Transcontinental railway opened Abitibi to settlement. In 1912, trains started to run and newcomers formed parishes along the railway line. For Abitibians, the railway meant connections […]
