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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 […]

Jos, Agnès, Cécile and Blanche Dumulon in 1925

This photo was taken shortly after Jos Dumulon’s wife (Agnès) and daughters (Cécile and Blanche) left Ville-Marie to settle in the Rouyn township.

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.

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

Rough Caricature of Yukon Jessie, a Famous Bootlegger

Yukon Jessie, sometimes called Klondike Jessie, but whose real name is still unknown, was a bootlegger in 1925 in the Rouyn township. She worked in many cities where gold […]