[4] Colonization began after the completion of the National Transcontinental Railway through the Abitibi region.

In 1917, the Natagan River Post Office opened, renamed to Barraute in 1919.

Pierre-Jean Bachoie, called Barraute (1723-1760), was an officer of the Régiment de Béarn in the army of General Montcalm and member of the Order of Saint Louis.

[1] Private dwellings occupied by usual residents (2021): 930 (total dwellings: 1,012)[3] Mother tongue (2021):[3] In 2012, Quebec Lithium Corp. reopened Quebec Lithium Mine, which had operated as an underground mine from 1955 to 1965.

They are planning to carve an open pit mine over pegmatite dikes.