The municipality of Saint-Robert-Bellarmin, so named in 1949, was previously known as Sainte-Rufine. It was originally a mission built in 1907 by Beauce colonists. In memory of the Italian bishop Robert Bellarmino, the Lachance and Tanguay families founded a parish following the detachment of range roads 10 and 11 from Saint-Ludger and the Saint-Gédéon main road. The landscape around this region reaches its peak in October, when the sugar bushes (at least 700 000 maple trees tapped) located on land belonging to the Ministry of Natural Resources and on private properties, take on their brilliant fall colours. Local residents take full advantage of their vast hunting territory and bodies of water: the Étang-Du-Loup pond and Lac Émilie.
