Gérard Morisset, born in Cap Santé, has been considered the father of art history in Quebec. He had studied to become a notary at Université Laval, graduating in 1922 and practising for a few years before realizing that his real calling was in art and its history. He headed for Paris first to study architecture, then art history at the École du Louvre, graduating in 1934. On his return in 1935, he became provincial director for the teaching of design in Quebec. In 1937 he undertook an inventory of art works in the province of Quebec, a project completed posthumously in 1969. In 1951 he became secretary of the new Commission des monuments historiques du Québec, then in 1953, the director of the Musée du Quebec. He published 16 books and more than 300 articles.

Dr. Nathaniel Holmes Morison was born on December 14, 1815, in Peterborough, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire.

He was an educator and author. In 1833, he entered Phillips Exeter Academy, New Hampshire. He then attended Harvard University, where he showed a fondness for poetic composition. After graduating in 1839, he moved to Baltimore, where he became a teacher in a girls' school. In 1841, he opened his own school and started to study divinity. In 1867, he became the first Provost of the Peabody Institute of Baltimore and stayed in this position until 1890. He took a great interest in designing all the interior plans of the new library building and also developing its catalogue. He was a member of the Maryland Historical Society and the Archeological Society. He received an honorary degree of LL.D. from St. John's College, Annapolis, in 1871. He published several books, e.g., "Three Thousand Questions in Geography" (1843), "A School Manual" (1867), and "The Captive and Other Early Rhymes" (1888).

In 1842, he married Sidney Buchanan Brown (1818–1893). He died on November 14, 1890, in Baltimore, Maryland.