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The Itinerary Followed by Edmund Horne to Get to the Rouyn Township

The Itinerary Followed by Edmund Horne to Get to the Rouyn Township

There are 180 kilometres separating Angliers village from Rouyn township. Edmund Horne made the trip by boat on several occasions and with several assistants between 1911 and 1922.
The Wright Mine at the End of the Nineteenth Century

The Wright Mine at the End of the Nineteenth Century

After Mr. Edward Wright sold his deposit to New York’s Mattawa Mining and Smelting in 1889, numerous buildings were built in the vicinity of the Wright mine such as […]
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 […]
A few log cabins on the southwest shores of Osisko Lake

A few log cabins on the southwest shores of Osisko Lake

Starting in the winter of 1923–1924, the first log cabins were built around Osisko Lake. For its first inhabitants, this lake made it easier to get around and allowed […]
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. […]
Noranda City in 1939

Noranda City in 1939

In the late 1930s, Armand Senécal was a travelling salesman for the Salada Tea Company and visited several mining towns in Abitibi. He took the opportunity to shoot […]
Rouyn City in 1939

Rouyn City in 1939

In the late 1930s, Armand Senécal was a travelling salesman for the Salada Tea Company and visited several mining towns in Abitibi. He took the opportunity to shoot […]
The Chong Lee Laundromat Located on Principale Street, Circa 1928–1930

The Chong Lee Laundromat Located on Principale Street, Circa 1928–1930

The laundromat on the left in the photo was owned by Chong Lee, an Asian immigrant. Many immigrants from Asia settled in the sister cities in the late […]