Different aboriginal peoples such as the Hurons, the Innu-Montagnais and the Maliseets occupied the territory for centuries. Thereafter, touched by many seigneuries, the MRC de La Jacques-Cartier territory remained less populated under the French regime.

It was at the beginning of the 19th century, with the arrival of English, Scotish and especially Irish loyalist settlers that the population of the region was in full expansion. Still today, many different religious confession temples prove the diversity of the first settlers and original past of the communities in the area.

Later, the exploitation of forestry resources in the area for Quebec shipyards attracted francophone workers. The advent of forestry industry stimulated the construction of the transportation networks. In 1870, the inauguration of the «Quebec and Gosford Wooden Railway» a wooden railroad. A second network was constructed in 1880 connecting Lac-Saint-Jean to Quebec in 1888.

The anglophone bourgeoisie in Quebec benifitted of this new accessibility to the territory in order to develop this resort. This new vocation will be reinforced withing the following 150 years.

At the end of the 19th century, wether it be summer or winter, tourists and residents of Quebec come to La Jacques-Cartier to practice their favorite sports or to enjoy a brief stay to recharge in nature. Chalets, villas and town houses are built around Lac Beauport. Rich of a diversified history, a splendid and generous patrimony and various cultural manifestations, the MRC de La Jacques-Cartier is more than a territory, it’s a living environment.