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Skating Rink on Osisko Lake

Black-and-white photograph of a snowless frozen lake on which there is about 40 ice skaters. You can see Noranda city and a smelter chimney in the background.

Date: 1941

Credits: BAnQ Rouyn-Noranda, Ministère des Ressources naturelles funds, mine series. 08Y,E20,S2,SS1,P519.

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 snow was normally cleared from the front of Dumulon General Store. As you can see on the photograph though, the lake is snowless so people are free to roam.