From the confluence of L'Abbé stream with the Pikauba River, the current successively descends the Pikauba River on to the northeast, then the current crosses Kenogami Lake on north-east to the dam of Portage-des-Roches, then follow the course of the Chicoutimi river on towards the east, then the northeast, and the course of the Saguenay River on towards the east until Tadoussac where it merges with the Saint Lawrence estuary.