Industrial Archives | Page 2 of 2 | The birth of Rouyn and Noranda: a mining story

A Headframe at the Horne Mine in Noranda

In underground mines, it is necessary to dig shafts and to build a headframe for easy transportation of workers, materials and ores to the surface. This photograph from […]

The Construction Site of the Soon-to-be City of Noranda, between 1926 and 1927

When it was decided that a city should be built, the site located on the north shore of Osisko Lake had to be cleared before construction could start. […]

Underground Work at Elder Mine

Elder mine, sometimes called Peel-Elder mine, was located in Évain (today a district of Rouyn-Noranda). Gold deposits were discovered in 1933, but Elder Gold Mines Limited only started […]

Aerial View of Rouyn and Noranda in August 1933

Virtually no one lived in the Rouyn township in the early 1920s. But the number of inhabitants grew in 1933, at the time this photo was taken, to […]

Rouyn-Noranda: Provincial Capital of Pollution

In 1985, a group of activists march through the streets of Noranda to protest pollution caused by the mining industry.

En-d’ssour by Rémi Jodouin

In his autobiography En-d’ssour, Rémi Jodouin, then aged 61, goes into detail on the daily lives of Abitibi mine workers.

The Anthropologist Sylvain Beaupré

Sylvain Beaupré is an anthropologist who specializes in education and employment. His book Des risques, des mines et des hommes, La perception du risque chez les mineurs de […]

The Horne Smelter in the 1950s

This photo was taken from the Horne mine’s parking lot and smelter in the early 1950s. As you can see, a new chimney is being built.

The Quemont Mine

The Quemont mine, located near the Horne mine, operated from 1949 to 1971. It produced copper and also extracted zinc, gold and silver. On average, 600 workers were […]