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The only Roc-D’Or Residence to Escape Destruction

Sepia photograph of a beautiful two-storey residence. There are many windows in the front and a veranda on the right. A small balcony upstairs. In the background, a stable and a garage.

Date : 1942

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

This is the only Roc-d’Or house spared from demolition. This modern, “first-class” house built in 1940 belonged to a contractor. According to the Roc-d’Or Inquiry Report, it stood on “a legal settlement lot.”