From the confluence of the Normand river with the Cyriac river, the current descends the latter on to the north, then the current crosses Lake Kénogami on northeasterly to the dam of Portage-des-Roches, then follows the course of the Chicoutimi River on eastward, then northeasterly and the course of Saguenay River on eastward to Tadoussac where it merges with the Saint Lawrence estuary.