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Roc-d’Or’s “Salle Massicotte”

Black and white photograph of a two-storey building covered with tar paper. The front has six windows and four doors. On the side, a “Drink Coca-Cola” advertisement. On the right, the Frontenac Hotel. On the left, a log cabin.

Date : 1942

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

Shown is Salle Massicotte [Massicotte Hall]. The first floor of the building served as a ballroom. Most of the public meetings on the future of Roc-d’Or took place in this room. In May 1941, some 200 squatters met to further municipal incorporation. The minutes of the meeting described their position: “contrary to the many rumours, the morals of the population of Roc-d’Or are as good as in any other locality”.