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Rouyn’s Principale Street in the Mid-1930s

Black-and-white photograph of a street lined with two or three-story buildings on which there are signs for some of the stores’ name. You can see several people walking on the boardwalks as well as cars that are either parked or rolling.

Date: 1937

Credits: BAnQ Rouyn-Noranda, Canadien National funds. 08Y,P213,P355-2.

This photo was taken west of Rouyn’s Principale Street, between Gamble Street and McQuaig (now called Terminus Street) in the mid-1930s. Principale Street quickly became one of the most dynamic commercial strips of Northwestern Quebec. You can see its numerous shops in this photo.