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Sepia photograph of the presbytery and the church. The church is low in height and a large cross overhangs the main entrance. In the background, the Catholic primary school.

Black and white photograph of a two-storey white church. A staircase, on which a dog is asleep, leads to the main door. On the side, an open door gives access to the basement. In the background on the right, the Catholic primary school.

Two blank pages of the form lined up side by side. Entitled “Roc-d’Or inquiry”, they show different sections bearing on the main occupant, wife, children, and building assessment.

Black and white photograph of a man in a suit, with a hat and a brush moustache, posing in a forest.

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.

Newspaper article entitled Roc-d’Or, subtitled Directors of the Chamber of Commerce and projects, and made up of a dozen lines.

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.

Newspaper article entitled “Roc-d’Or”, some fifteen lines long.

Black and white photograph of a gravel road lined with plant and log buildings. On the right, signs “Paris Cafe” and Royal Restaurant”. In the foreground on the right, the front ends of two cars.

A black and white photograph of a rudimentary log cabin with three windows and a door. On the left, a wobbly chimney.

Black and white photograph of a gravel road lined with log cabins and plank buildings. A car and several people are in the middle of the street in the centre of the photo. At the bottom, the inscription “Paris Valley Québec”.

Black and white photograph of a Boomtown-façade two-storey building covered with tar paper. Two La Salle Cigarette Tobacco advertisements are displayed. On the right, a restaurant and on the left, a hotel.

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