History of Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada

Cap-Santé: A picturesque town along the Saint Lawrence River, Cap-Santé is celebrated for its well-preserved historic architecture and scenic vistas.

The city of Cap-Santé occupies a vast area of approximately 55 square kilometers and is part of the administrative region of the Capitale-Nationale. Cap-Santé is located in the Regional County Municipality of Portneuf.

This locality, which overlooks the St. Lawrence on the north shore, is located on Chemin du Roy between Quebec and Trois-Rivières, about forty kilometers from Quebec. It has existed since 1709, although the first settlers settled there around 1679. In the past, it was known as the parish of Cap-de-la-Sainte-Famille, or simply the parish of the Sainte-Famille.

The city owes its name to the healing of an unknown disease from which soldiers who were garrisoned there benefited.

Cap-Santé is part of the association of the most beautiful cities in Quebec. Indeed, a large number of beautiful ancestral houses dot the city. From the Place de l'Eglise we go down to the wharf from where a magnificent view opens up on the St. Lawrence and on the cape of Pointe-Platon on the opposite shore. The river bends and narrows at this point...

The Jacques-Cartier River rushes down the Laurentian mountains from Grand Lac Jacques-Cartier to reach Cap-Santé via the Parc de la Jacques-Cartier. Today, Atlantic salmon are fished there. The salmon swim upstream to complete their spawning pilgrimage far up the river. grandquebec.com