GC1J0XT Les Grands Disparus #4 - Le Castor bricoleur (Traditional Cache) in Québec, Canada created by Stogirls

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Hidden : 11/30/2008

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PAT: CAPSULE - BRAVO!!!

Voici la cinquième cache de notre série qui a comme thème « Les Grands Disparus de la ville de Québec». Nous espérons qu’elle vous plaira. N’hésitez surtout pas à nous donner vos commentaires.

Chaque année de nouvelles entreprises, associations et nouveaux produits voient le jour au Québec. Quelques années plus tard, ils ont disparus ! Pourquoi ?

Vous souvenez-vous du Castor Bricoleur ?

En 1987, le groupe Val Royal a fait l’acquisition des centres Le Castor Bricoleur au Québec. Certains des centres ont été transformés en centre de bricolage. Source : www.rona.ca

Le Castor Bricoleur, premières grandes surfaces de bricolage et rénovation établies au Québec et ancêtres des Réno-Dépot d’aujourd’hui. Source : www.Isacsoft.com

Le Castor bricoleur était une chaîne de quincaillerie propriété de Molson. La chaîne comprenait 138 magasins. En 2000, Home Hardware s’en porta acquéreur.

Beaver Lumber was a former Canadian building supply chain owned by Molson. It was once Canada's 4th largest building supply chain with 138 stores. In 2000 it was purchased by Home Hardware, a cooperative of over 1000 independent Canadian hardware stores.

Beaver Lumber stores were rebranded as Home Building Centres. Beaver Lumber, once Canada’s leading supplier of lumber, building materials and related products and services, began in 1883 as the Banbury Bros. Lumber Company in Wolseley, Saskatchewan. Banbury Bros. Lumber Company bought its local rival, Gibson Lumber, in 1904 and two years later joined with the Regina Lumber and Supply Co., creating a business with twelve lumber yards. A thirst for expansion resulted in the Banbury brothers striking a deal with some Winnipeg lumber yards. A new name was needed that was in some way connected to wood, so when Erwin Banbury suggested “Beaver,” the company identity was created and would become an institution in parts of Canada for another ninety years. Beaver Lumber was a community-based business and focused on building relationships with its customers. The company eventually operated 130 stores across the country. Molson, the Montreal-based brewing giant, bought Beaver Lumber in 1972 and sold the retail chain to Home Hardware in 1999. The first store opened by Erwin and his brother, Robert, was sold to the Wolseley Museum Association in 1980 and continues to be open to the public. Source: Wikipédia

La cache contient :
1 logbook
1 crayon
1 grateux pour le PAT

Bonne chasse!