Rivière des Roches (Sainte-Anne River tributary)  The Rivière des Roches ("English: River of rocks") is a tributary of the west bank of the Sainte-Anne River, on the north bank of the Saint Lawrence River. This river flows in the unorganized territory of Lac-Jacques-Cartier and in the municipality of Saint-Ferréol-les-Neiges, in the La Côte-de-Beaupré Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Capitale-Nationale, in the province of Quebec, in Canada. The upper part of this valley is mainly served by the rang Saint-Nicolas road which passes on the northeast side. The lower part is served by avenue Royale and by the chemin du rang Saint-Nicolas which passes on the southwest side. Forestry is the main economic activity in this valley; recreational tourism activities, second; agriculture, third. The surface of the Rivière des Roches is generally frozen from the beginning of December until the end of March; however, safe traffic on the ice is generally from mid-December to mid-March. The water level of the river varies with the seasons and the precipitation; the spring flood occurs in March or April. The Rivière des Roches rises at the confluence of three mountain streams, on the west side of Mont Bleu, in the unorganized territory of Lac-Jacques-Cartier. This source of the eastern flank of Mont Raoul-Blanchard, is located at:  From its source, the course of this river descends on , with a drop of , according to the following segments: The Roches river flows on the west bank of the Sainte-Anne River (Beaupré), in the municipality of Saint-Ferréol-les-Neiges, at downstream of Les Sept Chutes. This confluence is located northwest of the northwest shore of the St. Lawrence River, north from the mouth of the Sainte-Anne river and south-west of the village center of Saint-Tite-des-Caps. From the confluence of the "rivière des Roches", the current flows over generally towards the southwest by the course of the Sainte-Anne River, which crosses downtown Beaupré, to the northwest shore of the Saint Lawrence River. In 1815, the geographer Joseph Bouchette listed the main rivers in the seigneury of Côte-de-Beaupré, including "La Rivière Ste. Anne, who receives the small Rivers at the Rose and the Rocks".