From the mouth of the Sawine river, the current successively follows the course of the [[Rivière aux Écorces (Pikauba River)|Rivière aux Écorces]] on towards the northeast, the course of the [[Pikauba River]] on generally towards the north, crosses [[Kenogami Lake]] on towards the northeast until at [[Barrage de Portage-des-Roches]], then follows the course of the [[Chicoutimi River]] on towards the east, then the northeast and the course of the [[Saguenay River]] on eastward to [[Tadoussac]] where it merges with the [[Saint Lawrence estuary]] .