This river flows through the municipalities of Saint-Apollinaire and the town of Lévis (Saint-Nicolas sector), in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, in Quebec, in Canada.

The toponym of this watercourse has existed since at least the end of the 18th Century, when the first settlers settled in the current sector of Saint-Nicolas.

At the beginning of the 19th century, the development at the mouth of this watercourse favored the establishment of Ross work sites devoted mainly to forestry; their activities ceased around 1889.

A seigneurial plan of 1815 and a map by the Bayfield hydrographer (1859) give it the English name of "Gaspé River".

[2] The toponym “Rivière Aulneuse” was made official on March 9, 1988, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.