When she arrived in Chibougamau in 1953 as a school teacher, Alfreda Beaudouin settled in with her husband who found a job as a clerk at the Campbell Mine. The Beaudouins were entrepreneurs at heart and Alfreda soon became a saleswoman, then a businesswoman and finally a hotel owner.
“In the same week, three truckloads came in. They said, ‘she’s a good saleswoman.’ Three trucks. I even sold fur coats. I would get home from school and people would be waiting on my doorstep. They were waiting for me to order furniture, and this and that.
– Alfreda Beaudouin
De ressources et de vaillance, Mémoire de la génération pionnière du Nord-du-Québec