| Rocheuse River | |
| Pushpin Map: | Quebec |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type2: | Province |
| Subdivision Name2: | Quebec |
| Subdivision Type3: | Region |
| Subdivision Name3: | Capitale-Nationale |
| Subdivision Type4: | Regional County Municipality |
| Subdivision Name4: | La Côte-de-Beaupré Regional County Municipality |
| Subdivision Type5: | Unorganized territory |
| Subdivision Name5: | Lac-Jacques-Cartier |
| Length: | 17.5km (10.9miles) |
| Discharge1 Location: | Lac-Jacques-Cartier |
| Source1: | Confluence of two forest streams |
| Source1 Location: | Lac-Jacques-Cartier |
| Source1 Coordinates: | 47.437°N -71.2904°W |
| Source1 Elevation: | 780m (2,560feet) |
| Mouth: | Rivière du Malin |
| Mouth Location: | Lac-Jacques-Cartier |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 47.4058°N -71.3642°W |
| Mouth Elevation: | 557m (1,827feet) |
| Tributaries Left: | (Upward from the mouth) Décharge (via le Lac des Alliés) des lacs, César, Crassus et Pompée, décharge (via une baie du lac des Alliés) des lacs Walsh, Fragasso, Marguerite et Ti-Coq. |
The Rocheuse river (English: Rocky River) is a tributary of the rivière du Malin, located in the unorganized territory of Lac-Jacques-Cartier, in the La Côte-de-Beaupré Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Capitale-Nationale, in Quebec, Canada. The course of the river passes in particular in the Laurentides Wildlife Reserve.
Forestry is the main economic activity in the sector; recreational tourism, second.
The surface of the Rocheuse River (except the rapids areas) is generally frozen from the beginning of December to the end of March, but the safe circulation on the ice is generally made from the end of December to the beginning of March.
The main watersheds adjacent to the Rocky River are:
The Rocheuse river originates at the confluence of two mountain streams, located in the unorganized territory of Lac-Jacques-Cartier, in the regional county municipality (MRC) La Côte-de-Beaupré Regional County Municipality. From this confluence, the Rocheuse river flows on, with a total drop of, according to the following segments:
From the confluence of the Rocky River, the current flows for to the southwest, following the course of the rivière du Malin, a deep valley; then on south by the course of the Jacques-Cartier River to the northeast bank of the Saint Lawrence river.[1]
The toponym "rivière Rocheuse" was formalized on December 5, 1968 at the Place Names Bank of the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[2]