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A Cabin in Ruin

A black and white photograph of a rudimentary log cabin that is collapsing. In the background, other buildings that are similar, but in better condition.

Date : 1942

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

In 1942, of the 266 buildings erected in Roc-d’Or, 137 were log cabins. They had been built in the early days of the village in 1936 or 1937. In the Roc-d’Or Inquiry Report, they are described as “of little value and … in danger of collapsing.”