Journals of the House of Assembly of Lower Canada, 1823–1824, quote Francis Verreault: "... there is a station established at a place called Utsasht-ushipi (Rivière aux rats)".

From the mid-nineteenth century, following the granting of rights to cut timber on public lands, many forest projects were implemented by loggers, near the "Rivière aux rats".

In 1887, John Baptist, who owned much of the forest concessions, managed to develop a large farm on the grounds of alluvium from the mouth.

Various hamlets along the Saint-Maurice River developed on the east shore, because of the coastal road linking Grand-Mère to La Tuque.

In the 19th century, the services of the Catholic religion with the various tasks of the Middle and Upper Mauricie were generally provided by members of the clergy assigned to Saint-Tite.

In addition, forest contractors and workers could generally buy from traders Saint-Tite, Saint-Stanislas, Saint-Narcisse and Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan.