Rocheuse River
The Rocheuse 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, in the administrative region of Capitale-Nationale, in Quebec, Canada. The course of the river passes in particular in the Laurentides Wildlife Reserve.
Forestry is the main economic activity in the sector; recreational tourism, second.
The surface of the Rocheuse River 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;
- east side: Fragasso Lake, Sautauriski Lake, Montmorency River;
- south side: Fragasso Lake, Sautauriski Lake, Walsh Lake, Rivière [à la Chute ];
- west side: rivière du Malin, Jacques-Cartier River, Rivière Jacques-Cartier Nord-Ouest.
- to the south, forming a large curve towards the east, to an unidentified stream ;
- 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 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, 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.