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Rouyn

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[roo-in, rwan] / ˈru ɪn, rwɛ̃ /

noun

  1. a city in SW Quebec, in E Canada: gold and copper mining.


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In 1941, he bought a station of his own in Rouyn, Quebec, and after less than two years sold it for $100,000, which was five times as much as he paid.

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To finance himself he sold shares in his Chrysler agency in Rouyn, 320 miles from Montreal.

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In 1911 he went to the Rouyn District of Quebec and found some gold.

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In 1939 he dropped in at a Social Credit meeting in Rouyn, listened, and decided that the movement's economic theories made sense.

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