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A House from the Colonisation Era

Black and white photograph of a two-storey house with three people posing in front of it. In the foreground, a fence. In the background, a small cluster of houses.

Date : 1940

Credits : BAnQ Rouyn-Noranda, Canadian National fonds. 08Y,P213,P026.

The Vautrin Plan (1934-1935) helped new settlers to buy building materials for a house. The house had to meet the standards set by the Quebec Department of Colonization. Most houses built in Abitibi were thus very similar, as in other settlement regions.