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Roc-d’Or’s Main Street as Seen from a Rooftop

Black and white photograph of a gravel road lined with plank buildings. In the foreground, a pole bearing wires. In the background, a field and a coniferous forest.

Date : 1942

Crédits : BAnQ Québec, Ministère de la Culture et des Communications fonds

Except for those who owned generators, there was no electricity in Roc-d’Or. Yet, many homes had a telephone. Newspapers were available in the squatter village even if a few days late. Finally, there was as yet no radio signals, according to Jacques Miquelon.