Owned by the holding company Quebec Railway Corporation (QRC), CBC operated freight service between Matapédia in the west to Chandler and later Gaspé in the east.
The Chemin de fer Baie des Chaleurs was established on 1 December 1996 as a subsidiary of QRC to operate the former Canadian National Railway (CN) Cascapedia Subdivision between Matapédia and New Carlisle as well as the western half of the Chandler Subdivision between New Carlisle and Chandler.
Operation of the eastern half of the Chandler Subdivision was then sub-contracted by SCFG to CBC, creating a seamless 202 miles (325 km) line between Matapédia in the west and Gaspé in the east.
In 2007 QRC sold the remainder of CBC's Matapédia to Chandler line to the SCFG which was owned by local municipalities.
The SCFG track ownership begins 1 mi (1.6 km) east of the wye in Matapédia.