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The First Police Station and the Liquor Commission Space in Rouyn, 1927

This photo was taken after Rouyn was incorporated into a village municipality on May 6, 1926. Before that, the legislation did not allow the area to establish a […]

“The miners’ festival” a song by Réal V. Benoit

We’re two, we’re four, we’re six, we’re eight, we talk about it, we get on board and here we go! We are two, we are ten, we are […]

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 […]

Miner’s Equipment

As working in underground mines is particularly hazardous, miners must use the proper safety equipment. On the top left, there is a boiled leather helmet that was used […]

Rouyn-Noranda: Provincial Capital of Pollution

In 1985, a group of activists march through the streets of Noranda to protest pollution caused by the mining industry.

A Prospecting Device

A prospector, whose name is unknown, uses a device to find buried ores in the soil. Unfortunately, this method does not work for gold: one has to dig […]

Jos Dumulon’s General Store in Rouyn

This general store is one of Rouyn township’s first buildings. The boardwalk allows easy access to the store. The boomtown-styled front—reminiscent of the California Gold Rush and the Klondike […]

En-d’ssour by Rémi Jodouin

In his autobiography En-d’ssour, Rémi Jodouin, then aged 61, goes into detail on the daily lives of Abitibi mine workers.

The Anthropologist Sylvain Beaupré

Sylvain Beaupré is an anthropologist who specializes in education and employment. His book Des risques, des mines et des hommes, La perception du risque chez les mineurs de […]

Two Minors in the Depths of the Earth

Noranda, 1936. Two miners using mechanical drills in a Horne mine roadway.

Réal V. Benoit: Singer and Miner

Réal V. Benoit is native to Rouyn-Noranda. He is a miner by profession, but he launched his singing career in the 1970s and released three albums over the […]

The Quemont Mine

The Quemont mine, located near the Horne mine, operated from 1949 to 1971. It produced copper and also extracted zinc, gold and silver. On average, 600 workers were […]