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Ewen is not your \u201crun of the mill\u201d tour guide. Ewen is new at the business, and it may reflect in his approach. Ewen brings a background as a historian, and a researcher who uses genealogy as a tool to assist him, and in doing so, has created a database of over 140 family trees, mostly of the earliest settlers of Nouvelle France. He also remains actively seeking out the descendants of the earliest Scots who settled in the area after the Seven Years War (1756-1763).<\/p>\n
As a historian, Ewen has discovered stories of our past, long forgotten. Some of these stories took place along the tour routes which he has designed to not only supply a scenic backdrop to tell you the stories, but to also introduce you to the local culture, food, and people of this area which he calls a \u201chidden gem.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Everybody visits Quebec City, in all her grandeur, and then travel to the north to take in l\u2019\u00cele d\u2019Orl\u00e9ans, Montmorency falls, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupr\u00e9, and Charlevoix, which are locations certainly worth the visit. Ewen offers a new alternative to the north, which is obviously the south side of the St-Lawrence River and a rural setting.<\/p>\n
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BESPOKE TOURS<\/p>\n
Ewen also offers, bespoke tours. These tours can be based on your genealogy or personal wishes within Ewen\u2019s normal area of operations. Ewen also works with other tour guides and companies to assist you in areas, where he normally does not travel. With the bespoke tours, Ewen will need several months notice to work on, or verify a supplied family tree, and build a tour around what he has discovered. These tours will include stops at locations where your ancestors would have lived, loved, and laughed. It will include visits to churches, cemeteries, and heritage sites. Along the way, Ewen may even introduce you to a French-speaking cousin. This also includes Quebec City. Ewen has built a partnership with the Mt-Hermon Cemetery which is the final resting place for many of the early \u201cmovers and shakers\u201d of our country.<\/p>\n
The area where Ewen normally travels geographically, is from Levis to the East and to Kamouraska located in the west. This is primarily the Chaudi\u00e8re-Appalaches Tourism area which takes in the St-Lawrence River, the island archipelagos, and Appalachian Mountains. It is a mixture of maritime history along the river, to a stretch of former Seigneuries, now farmland bordered by the Appalachian Mountains to the south. There is also a majestic view of the Laurentian mountains on the north side of the river. This is one of the earlier settled areas in Nouvelle France. It is a traditional French speaking area with many of the descendants of the first French settlers from the Normandy region still residing only a short stone\u2019s throw away from where their ancestor first stepped ashore.<\/p>\n
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We were fortunate to experience an online seminar offered by Ewen where he spoke on Scottish and French Canadian heritage (and intermingling) in the area. He knows his stuff!<\/p>\n
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