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
Canadian Malartic Gold Mines processed ore starting in April 1935. When it shut down in 1965, it had produced more than 33 tons of gold and 20 tons […]
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 […]
Emulating Noranda Mines, Teck-Hughes Gold Mines founded its own town in April 1934. The company built Bourlamaque on the grounds of its Lamaque mine. It controlled its development […]
Val-d’Or incorporated as a village in August 1935, became a town in May 1937. Though similar to Rouyn, it seems to have had an even worse reputation. So […]
When it was incorporated in March 1936, Noranda was granted a special status. It would exempt the town from certain provisions of the Quebec Cities and Towns Act. […]
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 […]
The Vautrin Plan (1934-1935) helped new settlers to buy building materials for a house. The house had to meet the standards set by the Quebec Department of Colonization. […]
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 […]
Except for those who owned generators, there was no electricity in Roc-d’Or. Yet, many homes had a telephone. Newspapers were available in the squatter village even if a […]
