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Noranda’s Beit Knesset Israel Synagogue

The Noranda’s Beit Knesset Israel synagogue, visible in the middle, does not have any distinctive features that make it stand out except for the Star of David on its […]

A Slide Towards Edouard Lake in 1941

This facility was built in the early 1940s and enjoyed a natural difference in elevation from this part of the city. It was demolished after a little girl […]

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Sylvain Beaupré : “In lode mines, where the deposits are at their narrowest, we still use outdated technologies.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 […]

Painting of the Dumulon General Store, the First Post Office in Rouyn.

This painting allows us to see what kind of building was built on the Dumulon tip in Rouyn’s early days. On the right, you can see Jos Dumulon’s […]

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. […]

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 […]

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.