The Log Cabin Legacy: Why Bourlamaque Village Still Defines Val-d'Or

Imagine standing on the corner of Perrault and 7th Street on a Tuesday morning when the wind catches just right, carrying that faint, metallic scent of the earth being turned over at the active sites nearby. It's a smell that defines us. But if you look toward the south end of town, you see the looming red headframe of the old Lamaque Mine, a structure that looks like a sentinel guarding a collection of roughly 60 log cabins. This post looks at the Bourlamaque Mining Village and the Cité de l'Or—not as dusty museum pieces, but as the living, breathing foundation of why Val-d'Or exists. Understanding this place is the only way to understand why we're so stubborn about staying here despite the winters.

Where can you find the best preserved mining history in Quebec?

You don't have to look far once you're in the city limits, but the concentration of history at the