From the mouth of the rivière aux Écorces North-East, the current successively follows the course of the rivière aux Écorces on generally towards the north, the course of the Pikauba River on generally towards the north, crosses Kenogami Lake on north-east until barrage de Portage-des-Roches, then follows the course from the Chicoutimi River on east, then the northeast and the course of the Saguenay River on east to Tadoussac where it merges with the Saint Lawrence estuary.