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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 […]
Prospector Edmund Henry Horne

Prospector Edmund Henry Horne

In 1996, Edmund Horne was inducted into the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame.
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 […]
A Masked Man Driving a Car in the Smelter

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 Noranda Golf Club

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 […]
Jos Dumulon’s General Store and Post Office

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.
Relocation in Rouyn South, 1938

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 […]