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View of Roc-D’or’s Main Street

Probably taken from the roof of a building, a black and white photograph of a gravel road lined with wooden log and plank buildings. A forest is visible in the background.

Date : 1942

Credits : BAnQ Québec, ministère de la Culture et des Communications fonds

In May 1938, a group of Roc-d’Or citizens organised a major clean-up. They wanted to show the goodwill of the residents and spruce up the image of their village. According to the newspaper La Gazette du Nord, “they stretched a generous hand. They raked and cleaned around their residences.”