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
Carole St-Jarre speaks about company villages. Mrs. Carole St-Jarre: “Gold Fields Mines, that was further away. There was the road going in to Gold Fields which was about, I […]
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.
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 picture shows a building being moved from Roc-d’Or to Malartic in July 1943. A few buildings had been already relocated some years before. Such was the case […]
Perron, a village of squatters northeast of Val-d’Or, was also in the government’s sight. In the fall of 1937, the government decided to establish the mining village of […]
Kewagama (also known as Petit-Canada) was a squatter village located in Cadillac Township. Near O’Brien Gold Mines. Effervescent — much like “Putainville” — Kewagama also lacked running water […]
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 […]
Shown is the Canadian National railway station in Malartic built in the late 1930s. Such public infrastructure, as well as many others, already existed in Malartic. One of […]
In May 1938, a group of Roc-d’Or citizens organised a major clean-up. They wanted to show the goodwill of the residents and spruce up the image of their […]
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 […]
