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Jos, Agnès, Cécile and Blanche Dumulon in 1925

This photo was taken shortly after Jos Dumulon’s wife (Agnès) and daughters (Cécile and Blanche) left Ville-Marie to settle in the Rouyn township.

Dumulon General Store Shelves

This photo was taken in the re-creation of the Dumulon General Store which has become an historical site. On the left, you can see household cleaning supplies, including […]

Jos Dumulon’s General Store and Post Office

This photo of Jos Dumulon’s General Store was taken before a boomtown-styled front was added to the building in 1925.

Skating Rink on Osisko Lake

In the early days of Rouyn, the snow on Édouard Lake and Osisko Lake was cleared so that people could skate and play hockey. On Osisko Lake, the […]

A Group of People in Front of the A. Niemen Boarding House

International immigrants came to the area to earn a living. Since they had few ties, they were prone to moving each time a high paying job came along. […]

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 […]

The German Community Hall

In the 1950s, a German club met in the basement of this building which was mainly taken up by the Princess Hotel. There were many social gatherings, including […]

Relocation in Rouyn South, 1938

This is young Henri Robert in 1938, during the relocation of several houses of Galipeau Street (now known as Larivière Street). In the background, you can see the […]

A Slovak Parade for Rouyn’s 25th Anniversary in 1951

This photo was taken on Principale Street during the celebrations of Rouyn’s 25th anniversary which shows that a small Slovak community lived in the sister cities. Since they […]

The Chong Lee Laundromat Located on Principale Street, Circa 1928–1930

The laundromat on the left in the photo was owned by Chong Lee, an Asian immigrant. Many immigrants from Asia settled in the sister cities in the late […]