Family owned
The Ramsay Evans family
Legacy Maps is run by the Ramsay Evans family from their studio in Canada. What started as a shared love of craftsmanship, travel and meaningful places turned into a small business built around helping other families mark the moments that matter.
From sketching the first map to packing the final box, the work is hands-on, deliberate and personal — because the places people ask us to engrave are never just coordinates.
Family owned, made in Canada
A family studio creating custom heirloom maps of the places that matter most.
What began as a shared passion for craftsmanship, design, and meaningful spaces became a way for our family to turn land, homes, ranches, lakes, cottages, and properties into lasting works of art. Every piece is custom designed from scratch by our team using detailed cartography, layered textures, and carefully refined engraving techniques to create maps that feel timeless and deeply personal.
We believe meaningful places deserve more than generic décor. Our work is designed to capture the character, story, and emotional connection behind a property, whether it is a family ranch passed through generations, a first home, a favorite lake, or land that shaped a family's history.
Each map is thoughtfully crafted through a highly collaborative design process and made to order with an obsessive attention to detail, materials, and presentation. No templates. No mass production. Every piece is commissioned and individually created for the customer it belongs to.
Crafted by the Ramsay-Evans family in Canada.
- Made in Canada
- Every panel is designed, engraved, and finished in our workshop in Québec — never outsourced overseas.
- A Canadian family business
- The Ramsay-Evans family runs the studio together: design, engraving, finishing, and the note in your box.
- Canadian hardwood, Canadian hands
- Maple and walnut sourced through Canadian suppliers and cut by us, so your map supports local work.
Made in Canada · Shipped from Québec
Tristan Evans
Owner, Marketer, Dispatcher
Son of a carpenter and lifelong maker, Tristan blends hands-on craftsmanship with digital design. Inspired by the outdoors, adventure, and meaningful places, he creates detailed heirloom maps built to last.
Maelle Ramsay
Owner, Curator, Marketer
Raised exploring the outdoors, Maelle brings a creative eye shaped by hiking, photography, and art. With a passion for thoughtful design and detail, she helps craft maps that feel timeless, personal, and beautifully composed.
Nancy Ramsay
Owner, Customer Service, Dispatcher
Nancy brings warmth, care, and a thoughtful eye to the Ramsay-Evans family studio. Inspired by great food, gathering with people, and creativity in everyday life, she helps create a welcoming and personal experience for every customer.
Ulysse Ramsay
Owner, Maker
Ulysse is the hands-on craftsman behind the workshop, bringing decades of woodworking experience and precision to every piece. From the family garage studio, he carefully engraves, builds, and finishes each map with patience, skill, and pride.
by Ramsey Evans
A small studio, one commission at a time.
Legacy Maps began with a drawer of folded road maps and a simple observation: the places people describe most carefully are rarely the famous ones. They are the street they grew up on, the lane to the cottage, the hole where the round finally turned.
The studio works the way a small architectural practice does. Each commission is drawn, refined, proofed with the customer, then engraved and finished in small batches. Nothing leaves without being inspected by hand.
Create Your Map
What we hold to
Four working principles
Made in Canada
Drawn, engraved, finished and packed here — not outsourced.
Nothing without approval
No panel is cut before the customer has approved the artwork.
Real materials
Solid hardwood and solid wood frames, finished by hand.
Honest description
We describe what we make plainly, and we don't publish reviews we haven't earned.