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Father Pierre Fiset, Chéticamp parish priest, is generally recognized as being responsible
for starting the gypsum mine in Chéticamp in 1907. When news broke that a prospector named Grandin had found gypsum in Chéticamp, Father Fiset lost no time in
establishing the Great Northern Mining Company Ltd. Shares were issued at five cents each and were immediately purchased by Chéticamp residents as well as residents of the province of Québec, from where the Fisets originated.
In 1907, Father Fiset ordered the construction of a plaster-manufacturing mill, called Le
moulin de la mine
, at the foot of the mountains of Belle Marche, site of the gypsum
quarry. The Grand Opening of the mine and mill operation was held on April 20, 1908. Father Fiset loaded the first gypsum stone into the crusher. The Fiset wharf, located
behind the present-day Co-op store, was used to load the Amethyst, a steamboat purchased by Father Fiset with his own money. The sun had risen on a new
people of Chéticamp who worked the mine for 10 cents an hour,20 cents if they had their own horse and cart.
C'est au Père Fiset, curé
de Chéticamp, que revient l'honneur et le mérite d'avoir lancé la
première mine de plâtre de Chéticamp,
en l'année 1907.
"Du plâtre dans le Petit Ple"
l'announce de la découverte de plâtre à Chéticamp, par un prospecteur nommé Grandin, le
Père Fiset met aussitôt une compagnie sur
pied, la Great Northern Mining Company Ltd. Il
émet des actions à cinq cents, très populaires auprès des Chéticantains et des Québécois, ses
compatriotes. Dès 1907, il fait construire une plâtrière appelée "le moulin de la mine", au
des montagnes de Belle-Marche où se trouvait la carrière de gypse. On se servait du quai des
Fiset, situé derrière l'actuel magasin Coop, pour y charger l'Améthyst, bateau à vapeur acheté
par le Père Fiset avec ses propres deniers.
"Grandiose ouverture le 20 avril 1908"
Le Père Fiset dépose la premiére pierre de gypse dans le broyeur; un nouveau jour vient de se lever pour les Chéticantains qui travaillent à la mine pour un salaire de 10 cents l'heure, 20
cents avec cheval et charrette.
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| HM Number | HM2KP7 |
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| Date Added | Wednesday, September 11th, 2019 at 2:04pm PDT -07:00 |
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| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 20T E 652094 N 5165951 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 46.62986667, -61.01308333 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 46° 37.792', W 61° 0.785' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 46° 37' 47.52" N, 61° 0' 47.1" W |
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