 The first inhabitants of the area that is now known as Bas-Saint-Laurent lived on the shore of the estuary soon after the glaciers melted Archeological excavations between 1980 and 1990 around Bic and Rimouski indicate an amerindian presence during the Paleoindian, between 9,000 and 8,000 BP years, according to Pierre Dumais and Gilles Rousseau.and between 10,000 and 8,000 BP years according to Claude Chapdelaine.Paleoindian sites discovered on an ancient beach above and a sea shelf contained stone tools and lithic flakes, indicating an industry belonging to the Plano culture.