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A Painting Based on the Legendary Picture of Edmund Horne

A colourful painting of the famous prospector on a canoe. The background is covered in blue and green, and the man and his canoe are painted in red and yellow.

Date: March 1981

Credits: BAnQ Rouyn-Noranda, Studio Annie & Maurice Inc. funds. 08Y,P251,S1,D2236-1.

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 avenue and a memorial in his honour.