La Compagnie des Six-Associés came into being in 2000 when six young interveners from Quebec City’s tourism circle decided to set up an original concept consisting of historical walking tours. Legend has it that they were six associates only for an evening, giving them just enough time to create the company.
Heir to the Company of One Hundred Associates that worked on the colonization and economic development of New France from 1627 to 1663, La Compagnie des Six-Associés, for its part, has been developing various ways to take a different look at Quebec City.
Lynda
Simard, Philippe Hamel and Stéphane Roy, history and tourism professionals,
are the company’s three promoters. From Skate and Ski, their very
first tour, to Killers & Beggars, the original tour of Quebec City's 2nd
prison (brought to you by LE MUSEE NATIONAL DES BEAUX-ARTS DU QUEBEC), over five years
have gone by during which the company kept growing and setting itself
apart in the cultural tourism sector.
In 2005, the company experiences a new birth. Taking exactly where the founders were taking it,
Luc Nicole-Labrie, a History professionnal and guide with the company for a number of years,
decides to continue on with the company and buys Les Services Historiques Six-Associes
(a legal name change coming with the Incorporation). He brings with him the same spirit and same goals as the original team
which is to help visitors of Quebec City to discover a new side of its History, through original tours
encompassing the most realistic and unaltered vision of the city's rich social history.
With
many different and unusual thematic tours, a fair number of conferences and historical workshops,
Les Six-Associes is still sharing its passion for
history.
DISTINCTIONS
- 2000 Quebec Entrepreneurship Contest First Provincial Price in the Services category.
- 2001 Complices Grant given by the Jeune chambre de commerce de Québec.
- 2003 Coup de Coeur Award for entrepreneurial relief from the Ordre des CGA du Québec in collaboration with the Fondation de l'entrepreneurship.
- 2003 Award of Excellence in heritage interpretation from the Association québécoise d'interprétation du patrimoine (AQIP) for the Doctors, Healers and Gravediggers tour.
- 2003 Junior Business Personality (Lynda Simard) in the “Tourism and Catering” sector.