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Val-Jalbert, a pulp and paper company town

Houses in the ghost town of Val-Jalbert, Quebec, photographed in 2008.
Houses in the ghost town of Val-Jalbert, Quebec, photographed in 2008. Maisons de la ville fantôme de Val-Jalbert (2) · Mathieu BROSSAIS · Photo source · Photo licence: CC BY 4.0. Resized for display; item previews may be cropped. The image remains under the licence shown.
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Val-Jalbert, near Lac Saint-Jean in Quebec, was founded in 1901 around a pulp and paper mill. The mill’s closure in 1927 led to the village’s gradual abandonment. Its mill, institutional buildings and wooden workers’ houses were conserved and developed as an open-air museum in the early 1960s, reflecting growing interest in heritage preservation.

Scope & context

The village and its significance, not the pulp and paper industry as a whole.

Sources behind this record

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The Historic Village of Val-Jalbert National Historic Site ↗

Parks Canada

Description of historic place; Heritage value