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The First Police Station and the Liquor Commission Space in Rouyn, 1927

This photo was taken after Rouyn was incorporated into a village municipality on May 6, 1926. Before that, the legislation did not allow the area to establish a […]

Rouyn’s Principale Street in the Mid-1930s

This photo was taken west of Rouyn’s Principale Street, between Gamble Street and McQuaig (now called Terminus Street) in the mid-1930s. Principale Street quickly became one of the […]

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 […]

The First Streets and Shops of Rouyn in 1926

This is an aerial photograph of the Rouyn mining community taken in the summer of 1926. On it is written the street layout of several important streets and […]

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.

Montbeillard Village, Located Near Rouyn-Noranda

While Rouyn and Noranda were built alongside mining developments, many cities in close proximity, such as Montbeillard, grew as a result of agriculture and logging camps.

Jos Dumulon’s General Store in Rouyn

This general store is one of Rouyn township’s first buildings. The boardwalk allows easy access to the store. The boomtown-styled front—reminiscent of the California Gold Rush and the Klondike […]

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 […]