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Relocation of Hotel St-Louis From Roc-D’or to Malartic, 1940

Black and white photograph of a two-storey building being moved across a railway. Hotel St-Louis’ sign is visible. A dozen curious onlookers watch two tractors haul the building.

Date : 1940

Credits : Société d’histoire de Malartic, Antoine Bélanger fonds

The picture shows a building being moved from Roc-d’Or to Malartic in July 1943. A few buildings had been already relocated some years before. Such was the case for Hotel St-Louis. But the main exodus from Roc-d’Or began at the end of the summer of 1943.