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Last updated : August 20, 2004

Located in central Quebec, the 177 kilometers Jacques-Cartier River flows through two distinct natural areas: an upper section in Jacques-Cartier Provincial Park and a lower one compromising the southern edge of the Laurentian Shield and the St. Lawrence Lowlands. Besides its natural beauty, historically it served as a travel and trade route for the Montagnais Indians, for early Jesuit missionaries and fur traders and as an important settlement area in early Quebec.