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Category: Marine

Prospectors Setting up Camp

Prospectors Setting up Camp

Given that the work of prospectors was most often done far away from any other settlement, they often had to live in the wild for many weeks on […]
A Painting Based on the Legendary Picture of Edmund Horne

A Painting Based on the Legendary Picture of Edmund Horne

This painting demonstrates how the famous prospector still lives in Rouyn-Norandians’ collective memory. The sister-cities named the mine and the smelter after Edmund Horne, as well as an […]
A Now-legendary Picture of Prospector Edmund Horne on a Canoe

A Now-legendary Picture of Prospector Edmund Horne on a Canoe

When Edmund Horne prospected in the Rouyn township in the 1910s and in the beginning of the 1920s, there were neither roads nor railroads. The only way to […]
Delivery of Goods in Rouyn Lake Docking Area

Delivery of Goods in Rouyn Lake Docking Area

During the first years, the Rouyn Lake docking area was strategically located as the exclusive passage for people and goods. Road and railway construction have considerably diminished the importance of […]
The Alligator Boat at the Rouyn Lake Docking Area

The Alligator Boat at the Rouyn Lake Docking Area

This boat was owned by McLauglin & Lumber Company and was used to transport goods between the village of Angliers in Témiscamingue and the Rouyn Lake docking area. […]