Malartic

Malartic is a town on the Malartic River in northwestern Quebec, Canada, in the La Vallee-de-l'Or Regional County Municipality. It is situated around 80 kilometers east of the focal point of Rouyn-Noranda along Quebec Route 117 and the Canadian National Railway. Notwithstanding the fundamental settlement of Malartic, the region likewise incorporates the littler settlement of Norrie. At the time when the Abitibi area was being studied and sorted out in 1907, the name Malartic was decided for the geographic township and lake, following the example of doling out names of regiments and officers of General Montcalm's army. It was named after Anne Joseph Hippolyte de Maures, Comte de Malartic, confidant to Montcalm.
The disclosure of real gold stores in 1923 prompted a dash for unheard of wealth in the Abitibi locale, pulling in pioneers to the zone in 1928. In 1935, the Canadian Malartic Gold Mines started task, utilizing individuals from everywhere throughout the territory, Canada, and a few east European nations. Together with Eastern Malartic and Malartic Goldfields that started working in 1937 and 1939 individually, these three turned into Quebec's biggest gold mines. In any case, recently arriving specialists were not allowed to settle close to the mines and would manufacture a squatter camp on Crown arrive around 4 km north of Malartic, that turned into the network of Roc d'Or. The two settlements developed simultaneously, copying administrations. Be that as it may, the areas, railroad station, and mail station were built up close to the mines in Malartic.