From the confluence of the Little Pikauba river and the Pikauba River the current successively follows the course of the latter on towards the north, crosses the Kenogami Lake on north-east to barrage de Portage-des-Roches, then follow the course of the Chicoutimi River on to the east, then the northeast and the course of the Saguenay River on east to Tadoussac where it merges with the Saint Lawrence estuary.