Jacques Guimont, a historian and archaeologist, is the author of La Petite-Ferme du cap Tourmente, published by Septentrion in 1996. He has also worked on other important archaeological sites in Quebec, including Place Royale, Cartier-Brébeuf park and the Nouvelles Casernes in Quebec City, Pointe-à-Callière in Montreal, Grosse-Île and the Mingan archipelago on the Saint Lawrence.