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Val-d’Or as seen from the Roof of St-Sauveur-Les-Mines Church

Black and white photograph of a street with rudimentary buildings on either side. Cars and pedestrians are out and about in the centre of the unpaved roadway, which is dotted with holes full of water.

Date : 1937

Credits : BAnQ Rouyn-Noranda, Canadian National fonds. 08Y,P213,P379.

Val-d’Or incorporated as a village in August 1935, became a town in May 1937. Though similar to Rouyn, it seems to have had an even worse reputation. So much so, that it was put under the supervision of Quebec’s Municipal Commission until 1945.