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Couple Squatting in Roc-d’Or

Black and white photograph of an elderly couple in front of a rudimentary dwelling: a wood and textile tent. Log cabins are visible on the right and in the background.

Date : 1937

Credits : BAnQ Rouyn-Noranda, Canadian National fonds. 08Y,P213,P301

The vast majority of newcomers to the mining camp had no choice but to settle in Roc-d’Or. Their families could not stay in the bunkhouses (barrack-like dormitories near the mines). Only some mining executives could live in company houses with their families.