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Main Avenue, Rouyn 1927

Black and white photograph of a street lined with rudimentary buildings and electricity poles. Six men and two horses work on paving. Boardwalks line the street.

Date : 1927

Credits : BAnQ Rouyn-Noranda, Fonderie Horne fonds. 08Y,P123,S1,P46.

In the early 1920s, the discovery of precious metals led to rapid population growth in Rouyn Township. Families and merchants followed prospectors and miners and settled on the south shore of Lake Osisko. Incorporation of Rouyn as a village occurred in May 1926. Its population already amounted to more than 600 inhabitants.