Forestry is the main economic activity in this valley; agriculture, second, especially in the lower part.

[1] The surface of the Ditton River is usually frozen from mid-December to mid-March, except the rapids areas; however, safe circulation on the ice is generally from late December to early March.

The hydrographic slopes neighboring the "Ditton River" are: The Ditton River originates in the south of Quebec in the township of Emberton, in the White Mountains 0.6 km (0.37 mi) from the border between Quebec and New Hampshire, 1.8 km (1.1 mi) east of the Line Mountain (791 m (2,595 ft)) and 1.9 km (1.2 mi) east of "Third Connecticut Lake" located in the "Connecticut Lakes State Forest" in New Hampshire.

The toponym "Ditton" was taken from the name of an important village and civil parish in the Tonbridge and Malling district of Kent, in England.

The toponym "rivière Ditton" was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.