Our history
Homeland of several large Quebec families, it is a place of passage for Amerindians before the 17th century who come for hunting and seasonal fishing. It was from 1675 that settlers of European origin come to live here under a seigneurial system which is finally abolished in 1854.
The region first takes the name Charlevoix in 1855 in honor of Father François-Xavier de Charlevoix, a Jesuit who was the first historian of New France. Until the twentieth century, the main economic activities were agriculture, cabotage and wood harvesting, but the region is already seeing tourists visiting starting from 1760.
Tourists mainly arrive by cruise ship in the region after 1840, despite its difficult to reach. It was not before1970 that a modern road makes the region wide open to touring. Subsequently, tourism is fast becoming the main activity of the region. The Manoir Richelieu, still present to this day, was built in 1898.
