Cité de l'Or

Cité de l'Or

Bourlamaque mining village
Established	1995
Location	Val-d'Or, Abitibi region of Quebec, Canada
Coordinates
Type	Gold mining
Website	www.citedelor.com
National Historic Site of Canada
Official name	Former Lamaque Mine and the Bourlamaque Mining Village National Historic Site of Canada
Designated	2012
Patrimoine culturel du Québec
Type	Site historique classé
Designated	1979

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Underground stage of the Tour de l'Abitibi

The Cité de l'Or ("The City of Gold") is an attraction located in Val-d'Or, in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region of Quebec, Canada. It has been operating since 1995 as a place where people can see what gold mining was like, by touring the underground Lamaque Gold Mine and the Bourlamaque historic mining village. Bourlamaque was declared a provincial historic site in 1979 and a National Historic Site of Canada in 2012.

In 1923, the gold deposit was discovered and in 1935, the mine came in operation. In 1985, it was exhausted and closed.

Since 2000, one stage of the Tour de l'Abitibi takes place in the underground mine, some 300 feet (91 m) below ground. Cyclists must ride through the tunnels and up the access ramp (a 17% slope) before racing through the streets of Val-d'Or.

Since 2007, Cité de l'Or also became a training location for new miners.

Affiliations

The Museum is affiliated with: CMA, CHIN and Virtual Museum of Canada.

See also

• List of museums in Quebec
• Culture of Quebec
• Gold extraction
• Gold prospecting
• Placer mining
• Quartz reef mining

References

• This article incorporates text translated from the corresponding French Wikipedia article as of January 14, 2011.