The Croche River rises at the mouth of Caribou Lake (length: 3.0 kilometres (1.9 mi) in the North-South axis; altitude: 439 metres (1,440 ft)).

Its source is 100 kilometres (62 mi) north of La Tuque and it flows south through a narrow valley forming interconnecting lakes and many bends, which characterize its name.

Formerly a deciduous forest dominated vegetation in the downstream part of the watershed of the Croche river, because the soil was rich in alluvium.

Bishop Caron, a great explorer of Haute-Mauricie in the 20th century, suggests in his 1887 travel report that this farm was rented in 1887 to the Halls.

The number of 145, these ancient lakes Croche or Crooked particular received or sometimes taken other specific descriptive French terms (Crochet, "Crochu" (Hooked), "Sinueux" (Curvy), "Coudé" (Bent), etc.).

Surnames and forenames (Gabriel Forster, Laflamme, Daniel, Colette, etc..) or Native American names (Manitou, Wapizagonke, Kiwatin, Causapscal, etc.).