It is managed by the Société des établissements de plein air du Québec (SÉPAQ).

Bic National Park is typical of the southern coast of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, containing several characteristics of this region: Human occupation of Bic dates back almost 7,000 years: the park interpretive centre displays tools from that time.

Initially, after many had been wounded on both sides, with the rising tide, the Mi'kmaq were able to repulse the assault and the Iroquois retreated to the mainland.

In the decades that followed, a maritime pilot post was established at Bic Island, opposite the park.

The pilots had meanwhile settled on the banks of the St. Lawrence River, where they undertook subsistence farming.

At the end of the 19th century, several English villagers built cottages and country houses in the area of the park.