Route 173 runs through Saint-Georges Est (where it is known as Boulevard Lacroix) and heads south to the border with Maine, United States.

It is home to one of the few inflatable dams, introduced to raise the water level of the Chaudière River for water-based activities and to make the riverside more attractive.

The history of Saint-Georges goes back to the late seventeenth century, at which point the region was inhabited principally by the Algonquin people, also known as the Anishinaabe.

The first European presence recorded is that of a Jesuit missionary called Father Gabriel Druillettes who made three visits in 1646, 1650, and finally in 1651, but there was no colonial settlement established at this time.

Saint-Georges is an important manufacturing centre, including textiles, steel forgings, garage doors, bicycles and truck trailers.

The town is home to the headquarters of the Canam Group, a construction company, and Manac (trailers), the biggest semi-trailer manufacturer in Canada.

The city has a wide array of local and national retailers and restaurants, as well as many services including financial institutions, schools of different levels, medical clinics, a hospital and several others that are not found elsewhere in the region.

The extension of Autoroute 73 from Beauceville, Quebec, approximately 11 kilometres (7 mi) to the north, to Saint-Georges was discussed for almost thirty years before finally being completed in 2016.