Re: [Leica] Camera Stores in Quebec City

[Carl Socolow <csocolow@microserve.net>]

Jacques,

I am intersted in any tips and tidbits you could provide on Quebec. I
hope to go there with my wife this winter for some skiing. It would
probably be better to take this outside the LUG. Merci beacoup en
avance.

Salutations distingu=E9es,

Carl S.

Jacques Leonard designer wrote:
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> >Howdy - any suggestions about good camera store(s) to see when
> >in Quebec city?
> >
> >Ernie Nitka
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> Hi Ernie,
> If you are looking for a camera store while visiting Quebec City, I wou=
ld
> suggest you visit Henri Leclerc Camera, 4151 Ste.Anne Blvd. in Montmore=
ncy.
> Phone no. is (418) 661-6983.
> There is not that many camera store in Quebec City, although this is
> probably the most photogenic city in North America.
> Leclerc Camera store is not in the city by the way. It is 3 or 4 miles =
from
> the old town, on the way to Ile d'Orleans (Orleans island) a few steps =
from
> Montmorency Falls.
> I would recommend you to visit Orleans Island if you have never been th=
ere.
> It is a short drive from Quebec and worth it. You take the road that
> circles it and you will go thru villages that have been there since the=
 17
> century. Some of the houses and churches are from that period and are a
> photographer's dream.
> Now about Leclerc camera store, I was there last March and saw some Lei=
ca
> equipment (new & used) also Contax (quite a few), Mamiya, Hasselblad et=
c...
> If you are coming from the States, prepare yourself for real bargains. =
You
> can get presently $1.50 canadian for every $1.US.
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> If you want, I could give you some more info on Quebec City (things to =
see,
> restaurants etc...) Tell me when you are going and what you are interes=
ted
> in.
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> I usually go there every year for pleasure and business and know a bit
> about this wonderfull town.
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> Regards,
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> Jacques Leonard,
> designer
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> j.leonarddesigner@videotron.ca