The entire Fraser River flows in the municipality of Melbourne, in the Le Val-Saint-François Regional County Municipality (MRC), in the administrative region of Estrie, on the South Shore of the Saint Lawrence River, in Quebec, Canada.

The main neighboring hydrographic slopes of the Fraser River are: The Fraser River originates in the mountains of the "Melbourne Ridge" located south of the hamlet "Melboro", northeast of the village of Racine and east of the village of Maricourt.

It drains on the east bank of the Ulverton River, 2.4 kilometres (1.5 mi) northeast of the village of Maricourt.

[1] According to the "Bank of place names" of the Commission de toponymie du Québec of the province of Quebec has 135 toponyms (mostly streets, roads/paths, lakes, streams) including the patronymic "Fraser".

[2] The toponym "Fraser River" was officially registered on November 7, 1985, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.