{"id":2629,"date":"2021-06-29T07:36:40","date_gmt":"2021-06-29T14:36:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lucpaquin.com\/?p=2629"},"modified":"2021-06-29T07:36:40","modified_gmt":"2021-06-29T14:36:40","slug":"l-paquin-fils-inc-1955-2010-souvenirs-du-magasin-general-francais-voix-au-texte","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lucpaquin.com\/?p=2629","title":{"rendered":"L. Paquin &#038; Fils Inc. (1955-2010) Souvenirs du Magasin G\u00e9n\u00e9ral (Fran\u00e7ais: Voix au Texte)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 720px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-2629-1\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lucpaquin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/LP2106Mk06W.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lucpaquin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/LP2106Mk06W.mp4\">https:\/\/www.lucpaquin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/LP2106Mk06W.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"9LygsHyV6t\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/tremblantexpress.com\/paquin-fils-1955-2010-souvenirs-du-magasin-general\/\">Paquin &#038; Fils (1955-2010) Souvenirs du Magasin G\u00e9n\u00e9ral<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"\u00ab\u00a0Paquin &#038; Fils (1955-2010) Souvenirs du Magasin G\u00e9n\u00e9ral\u00a0\u00bb &#8212; Tremblant Express\" src=\"https:\/\/tremblantexpress.com\/paquin-fils-1955-2010-souvenirs-du-magasin-general\/embed\/#?secret=9LygsHyV6t\" data-secret=\"9LygsHyV6t\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>#LucPaquinArt #LucPaquin #LPaquinFilsInc #PaquinFils #MagasinG\u00e9n\u00e9ral #Magasin #GeneralStore #Store #TremblantExpress #PeterDuncan #Consultant #Zoom #VideoBlog<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lucpaquin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/LP2106Mk05a.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lucpaquin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/LP2106Mk05a.png\" alt=\"L. 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Paquin &amp; Fils Inc.\" width=\"720\" height=\"478\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2622\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lucpaquin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/LP2106Mk05g.png 720w, https:\/\/www.lucpaquin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/LP2106Mk05g-300x199.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lucpaquin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/LP2106Mk05h.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lucpaquin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/LP2106Mk05h.png\" alt=\"L. Paquin &amp; Fils Inc.\" width=\"720\" height=\"481\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2623\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lucpaquin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/LP2106Mk05h.png 720w, https:\/\/www.lucpaquin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/LP2106Mk05h-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lucpaquin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/LP2106Mk05j.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lucpaquin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/LP2106Mk05j.png\" alt=\"L. Paquin &amp; Fils Inc.\" width=\"720\" height=\"560\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2624\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lucpaquin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/LP2106Mk05j.png 720w, https:\/\/www.lucpaquin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/LP2106Mk05j-300x233.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n<p><strong>L. Paquin &#038; Fils Inc. (1955-2010) Souvenirs du Magasin G\u00e9n\u00e9ral<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ludger Paquin voit le jour en 1900 \u00e0 Escanaba, au Michigan. Sa famille vient s\u2019\u00e9tablir \u00e0 Saint-Jovite en 1903. \u00c0 l\u2019\u00e2ge de 14 ans, il se trouve du travail au magasin g\u00e9n\u00e9ral du village E. Gauthier. Construit en 1895 par L\u00e9andre Gauthier, le commerce fut par la suite l\u00e9gu\u00e9 \u00e0 son fils \u00c9douard en 1912. Rapidement, Ludger gagne la confiance de son patron et M. Gauthier lui donne de plus en plus de responsabilit\u00e9s telles que le secr\u00e9tariat et l\u2019achat de la marchandise.<\/p>\n<p>En 1925, Ludger \u00e9pouse Anne-Marie Bedard. Ils auront cinq enfants : Jeannine (1926-2020), Yvette (1928-1946), Jean Louis (1931-2013), Jacques en 1935 et Pierre en 1943. \u00c9douard meurt subitement en 1954 et en 1955, Ludger Paquin devient propri\u00e9taire du commerce et lui donne son nom.<\/p>\n<p>Un jeune villageois, Jean-Guy Ouimet, embauch\u00e9 par \u00c9douard fait le relais entre les deux administrations. Il passera dix ans dans le commerce avant d\u2019effectuer une carri\u00e8re de 25 ans dans la police. Apr\u00e8s quoi, il reviendra travailler au commerce une vingtaine d\u2019ann\u00e9es.<\/p>\n<p>En 1965, Jean-Guy Gauthier rejoint l\u2019\u00e9quipe. Alors \u00e2g\u00e9 de 17 ans, l\u2019employ\u00e9 fid\u00e8le demeurera \u00e0 l\u2019emploi de l\u2019entreprise jusqu\u2019\u00e0 sa fermeture en 2010. D\u2019aussi loin qu\u2019il m\u2019en souvienne, Ludger faisait partie du cercle d\u2019amis de mon p\u00e8re.<\/p>\n<p>Malgr\u00e9 leur grande diff\u00e9rence d\u2019\u00e2ge, ils avaient des passions communes comme le club de p\u00eache \u201cLa Sauteuse\u201d qui avait \u00e9t\u00e9 cr\u00e9\u00e9 \u00e0 l\u2019initiative de Gaston Gervais pour ce groupe d\u2019amateurs de chasse et de p\u00eache.<\/p>\n<p>Le magasin \u00e9tait v\u00e9ritablement la place o\u00f9 l\u2019on trouvait tout : farine, sucre, cannage, outils, v\u00eatements, tabac en feuilles&#8230; C\u2019\u00e9tait \u00e9galement un lieu de rencontre et je me souviens d\u2019y avoir accompagn\u00e9 mon p\u00e8re et d\u2019avoir \u00e9t\u00e9 fascin\u00e9 par cette caverne d\u2019Ali Baba. Les enfants de Ludger pr\u00eataient bien s\u00fbr main-forte \u00e0 leur p\u00e8re, mais chacun choisit une voie propre. \u00c9tudiant \u00e0 HEC, Jacques prendra la rel\u00e8ve du commerce familial \u00e0 la mort de son p\u00e8re en 1975.<\/p>\n<p>L\u2019achalandage de Paquin &#038; Fils \u00e9tait \u00e9clectique. Il \u00e9tait bien s\u00fbr compos\u00e9 des locaux, mais aussi des villageois voisins persuad\u00e9s d\u2019y trouver leur bonheur. Les touristes, quant \u00e0 eux, \u00e9taient fascin\u00e9s par cette boutique d\u2019un autre temps qui rec\u00e9lait un inventaire aussi complet qu\u2019h\u00e9t\u00e9roclite. Ann\u00e9e apr\u00e8s ann\u00e9e ils venaient s\u2019y procurer tout ce qu\u2019il leur fallait pour chasser et p\u00eacher.<\/p>\n<p>Ne ma\u00eetrisant pas la langue anglaise, les employ\u00e9s avaient eu la brillante id\u00e9e de cr\u00e9er un catalogue exhaustif bilingue pour pallier ce handicap linguistique et ainsi r\u00e9pondre aux demandes des clients anglophones. Paquin &#038; Fils jouait aussi un r\u00f4le social. C\u2019\u00e9tait l\u2019endroit o\u00f9 on allait s\u2019enqu\u00e9rir des derni\u00e8res nouvelles et jaser avec les personnes que l\u2019on croisait.<\/p>\n<p>Entrer dans ce magasin, vestige d\u2019une \u00e9poque r\u00e9volue, \u00e9tait r\u00e9confortant. Du sol au plafond se trouvait une marchandise courante, mais aussi des objets de notre patrimoine dont on ignorait qu\u2019ils fussent encore produits.<\/p>\n<p>Certains items d\u00e9suets qui portaient \u00e0 sourire devenaient subitement indispensables. Je me souviens entre autres d\u2019avoir eu recours \u00e0 Jacques (alias Le Blond) pour trouver un \u00e9quipement de ski des ann\u00e9es 40 \u00e0 l\u2019occasion du 60e anniversaire de Tremblant. Sans surprise, il a pu me satisfaire.<\/p>\n<p>Avec sa fa\u00e7ade con\u00e7ue avec des menuiseries en bois, l\u2019architecture de la b\u00e2tisse suscitait tant la curiosit\u00e9 que l\u2019admiration d\u2019une esth\u00e9tique perdue. Son cachet f\u00fbt \u00e0 ce point remarquable qu\u2019il figure dans le livre de Louise Sigouin : \u00ab Les commerces immortels du Qu\u00e9bec \u00bb dont la pr\u00e9face, \u00e9crite par le regrett\u00e9 Serge Bouchard, pr\u00e9cisait : \u00ab La nouveaut\u00e9, la vraie, consiste \u00e0 saisir le visage de l\u2019ancien \u00bb.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Peter Duncan<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Follow Us<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>J. 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