Gagnonville

Gagnonville is located in the Cote-Nord of Quebec,Canada. It is a ghost town on Barbel Lake. Gagnon was found by Quebec Cartier Mining Company for purposes of mining iron ore. Every winter, the plane arrived bringing materials to build a pilot plant. Garnon had more than 4000 residents. It had an airport, churches, schools, a town hall, an arena, a hospital and a large commercial center. In 1985, the mines were closed and the town fully dismantled. An the town main street and the airport runway are all that remains. Gagnon had the first black in the history of Quebec, Haitian immigrants Rene Coicou who was major from 1973 to 1985.