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Looking North from the South End of Roc-d’Or

Black and white photograph of a gravel road lined with plank and log buildings. Two men walk toward the camera. In the foreground, on the right, a telephone pole.

Date : 1937

Credits : BAnQ Rouyn-Noranda, Canadian National fonds. 08Y,P213,P302.

The beginnings of the village are unclear, but there was a definite increase in the population in the spring of 1936. The first concrete evidence of Roc-d’Or to be found is on a map. A Quebec Department of Lands and Forests’ map, dated March 31^st 1936, shows six dwellings.