The Rocheuse river (English: Rocky River) is a tributary of the rivière du Malin, located in the unorganized territory of Lac-Jacques-Cartier, in the

La Côte-de-Beaupré Regional County Municipality La Côte-de-Beaupré () is a regional county municipality in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec, Canada. The seat is Château-Richer. Its most populous community is the municipality of Boischatel. Subdivisions There are 11 subdivisions withi ...

, in the administrative region of

Capitale-Nationale Capitale-Nationale (; ) is one of the 17 administrative regions of Quebec. It is anchored by the provincial capital, Quebec City, and is largely coextensive with that city's metropolitan area. It has a land area of 18,684.78 km2. It reported ...

, in

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. The course of the river passes in particular in the

Laurentides Wildlife Reserve Réserve faunique des Laurentides (), also known by its former name of parc des Laurentides, is a List of protected areas of Quebec, wildlife reserve in Quebec, Canada, located between Quebec City and the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region. This r ...

. Forestry is the main economic activity in the sector; recreational tourism, second. The surface of the Rocheuse River (except the rapids areas) is generally frozen from the beginning of December to the end of March, but the safe circulation on the ice is generally made from the end of December to the beginning of March.

Geography

The main watersheds adjacent to the Rocky River are: * north side: rivière du Malin,

Jacques-Cartier River The Jacques-Cartier River is a river in the province of Quebec, Canada. It is 161 km long and its source is Jacques-Cartier Lake in Laurentides Wildlife Reserve, and flows in a predominantly southern direction before ending in the Saint Lawr ...

; * east side: Fragasso Lake,

Sautauriski Lake Lake Sautauriski is a freshwater body crossed from north to south by the Sautauriski River, flowing in the unorganized territory of Lac-Jacques-Cartier, in the La Côte-de-Beaupré Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Ca ...

Montmorency River The Montmorency River () is a tributary of North-East bank of St. Lawrence river, flowing in the administrative region of Capitale-Nationale, in the provinces and territories of Canada, province of Quebec, Canada. The course of the river successiv ...

; * south side: Fragasso Lake,

, Walsh Lake, Rivière à la Chute (Jacques-Cartier River); * west side: rivière du Malin,

, Rivière Jacques-Cartier Nord-Ouest. The Rocheuse river originates at the confluence of two mountain streams , located in the unorganized territory of Lac-Jacques-Cartier, in the regional county municipality (MRC)

. From this confluence, the Rocheuse river flows on , with a total drop of , according to the following segments: * to the south, forming a large curve towards the east, to an unidentified stream (coming from the north); * towards the south by forming a first hook towards the west and a second at the end of the segment where the river branches off towards the west before crossing on the Bradette Lake (altitude: ) to its mouth; * to the south, forming a few streamers, to a long bay on the eastern shore of Lac des Alliés; * westwards crossing Lac des Alliés (length: ; altitude: ), bypassing a large peninsula attached to the south shore, to the Allies dam built at the mouth of the lake; * westward across a series of rapids at the end of the segment to a bend in the river; * to the north, crossing two long series of rapids, to its mouth..html Atlas of Canada from the Department of Natural Resources Canada - Characteristics extracted from the geographic map, the database and the instrumentation of the site - consulted on January 6, 2020.
/ref> From the confluence of the Rocky River, the current flows for to the southwest, following the course of the rivière du Malin, a deep valley; then on south by the course of the

to the northeast bank of the

Saint Lawrence river The St. Lawrence River (, ) is a large international river in the middle latitudes of North America connecting the Great Lakes to the North Atlantic Ocean. Its waters flow in a northeasterly direction from Lake Ontario to the Gulf of St. Lawrenc ...

Toponymy

The toponym "rivière Rocheuse" was formalized on December 5, 1968 at the Place Names Bank of the

Commission de toponymie du Québec The Commission de toponymie du Québec (, ''Toponymy Commission of Québec'') is the Government of Québec's public body responsible for cataloging, preserving, making official and publicizing Québec's place names and their origins according to th ...

.Commission de toponymie du Québec - Rivière Rocheuse - retrieved on 2020-01-06
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Geography

Toponymy

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