Gagnon, Quebec

Gagnon, Quebec is a ghost town, formerly a mining town, in east-central Quebec. It was founded in 1960 by the Quebec Cartier Mining Company for the purposes of mining iron ore.

By the mid-1980s, it was no longer turning a profit. The mines were closed and the town fully dismantled in 1985. All buildings and nearly all of the streets were dismantled. The town's main street remained and is now part of Route 389. That section of highway retains a boulevard configuration, complete with a median, sidewalks, and sewers, despite being deep in the wilderness, hundreds of kilometres from the nearest active community.

External links

* [http://www.ascoffanscuff.com/que/gt/gt-00.html Site with pictures of Gagnon when it was active]
* [http://tlhwy.com/central/virtualtour/hwy389/hwy38904.html Gagnon virtual tour on Trans-Labrador Highway site.]
* [http://home.i-zoom.net/~dietlein/Gagnon/Home.html Site with photos of Gagnon as it looked in 1962 - 1963]