The course of the Rivière aux Canots crosses the Laurentides Wildlife Reserve. The small valley of the Rivière aux Canots is located near route 169. This valley is also served by some secondary forest roads, especially for forestry and recreational tourism activities. Forestry is the main economic activity in this valley; recreational tourism, second. The surface of the Rivière aux Canots is usually frozen from the beginning of December to the end of March, however the safe circulation on the ice is generally made from mid-December to mid-March.
Geography
The main watersheds neighboring the Rivière aux Canots are:
north side: White brook, Sancto brook, Girard brook, Panache lake, rivière aux Canots Est, Wellie brook, Apica River, Rivière aux Écorces;
From its source, the Rivière aux Canots flows over with a drop of entirely in the forest zone, according to the following segments: Upper course of the Rivière aux Canots
south-east, then north-east across across Thompson Lake to its mouth;
to the east, then south crossing Lake Oligny on its full length, to its mouth;
towards the west, by collecting at the beginning of the segment the discharge of Petit lac Oligny, by collecting the discharge of the lake in Chenille and by curving south to a stream ;
Intermediate course of the Rivière aux Canots
north-west to Willie Creek ;
north-west, to the outlet of a set of small lakes including Escarpment Lake and Foliaceous Pond;
to the north, successively forming four loops to the east, up to the Caché stream ;
towards the north-east, forming a large curve towards the south-west, up to the outlet of Lac Lampron ;
north-west, up to the rivière aux Canots Est ;
Lower reaches of the Rivière aux Canots
north-west, up to the outlet of Lac du Panache;
south to a bend in the river, then north-west to the outlet of a few lakes including Bolduc lake;
towards the west by collecting a stream and the Girard stream whose confluence is approximately on the limit of the regions Capitale-Nationale and Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, to Sancto stream ;
southward, to the outlet of lakes Bricheau and Broussard;
north-east, east, then south while winding, to its mouth.
The Rivière aux Canots flows onto the east bank of Rivière aux Écorces. This confluence is located at:
From the mouth of Rivière aux Canots, the current successively follows the course of Rivière aux Écorces on generally towards the north, the course of Pikauba River on generally towards the north, crosses Kenogami Lake on towards the northeast until 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 towards the east to Tadoussac where it merges with the Saint Lawrence Estuary.
