 The first parish of Bas-Saint-Laurent east of Kamouraska is Cacouna, created in 1825, a century and a half after the arrival of the first "un siècle et demi après l'arrivée des premiers" pioneers.Even if a number of families of Scottish origin settle in the area in the 1820s in the region of, following John MacNider, however the French-speaking population will remain the strong majority of the region.The region's population increased from 400 inhabitants in 1829 to 11,169 in 1881.