The 1930s Archives | Page 2 of 3 | The birth of Rouyn and Noranda: a mining story

A Masked Man Driving a Car in the Smelter

The significant environmental impacts of sulphur dioxide released during copper smelting were common knowledge even before the construction of the Horne mine. Proof of this is the fact […]

The Horne Smelter with its Two Smoking Chimneys

As soon as Noranda Mines undertook construction of its smelter, mine and city, the company needed to bring heavy equipment into the township. The construction of a railroad […]

The Noranda Golf Club

The Noranda Golf Club was built by Noranda Mines between 1933 and 1934. It has a 9-hole golf course designed by Stanley Thompson, one of the most successful […]

The Arena and the Curling Arena of Noranda

The Noranda arena and curling arena were located on the corner of 9th Street and 2nd Avenue (now known as Murdoch Street) and were built in 1928. The […]

Interview With Anthropologist Sylvain Beaupré

Sylvain Beaupré : “In lode mines, where the deposits are at their narrowest, we still use outdated technologies. But the system is always the same. The driller gets […]

Interview with Rémi Jodouin about the Working Conditions of Miners in the 1930s

Interviewer: And then you started working at the mine in 1931. Can you tell us how it was, working in mines, at that time? What was the job […]

Prospectors Search Occurrence of Precious Ore Deposits on a Rock Outcrop

When rocks are not outcropped, prospectors must dig in the overburden in order to find the part of the rock that could potentially contain precious ores. To run […]

Interview with Léon Dumulon

Here is an interview with Rouyn’s pioneer Léon Dumulon who built his father’s General Store. Léon Dumulon: I left Ville-Marie to go to Baie Gillies with horses. From […]

“Les Fros”, a song by Richard Desjardins

We are by the Horne Mine’s barriers in 1934, in the midst of an economic crisis, there is a strike led by those we called the “Fros” when […]

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 […]

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 […]