[1] Its course is entirely located in Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, in the Dubuc provincial constituency and the federal district of Chicoutimi-Le Fjord.

The river is shared between the MRC of Le Fjord-du-Saguenay Regional County Municipality (through the town of Ferland-et-Boilleau, Quebec) and the city of Saguenay crossing the La Baie, Quebec borough of Saguenay.

This bridge spans the water level at the peninsula attached to the North Shore, then the road heads northwest, serving the northwestern part of the lake Ha!

Forestry is the main economic activity of the sector; recreational tourism activities, second; agriculture is practiced around the lower segment of the river to the urban area (Grande-Baie sector).

River is usually frozen from early December to late March, however, safe ice circulation is generally from mid-December to mid-March.

river" originates at the confluence of forest streams at an elevation of 780 metres (2,560 ft) in the Laurentides Wildlife Reserve.

River" flows over 80.5 kilometres (50.0 mi) according to the following segments: Upper course of the Ha!

at 379 metres (1,243 ft) altitude, in the locality of Boileau and the course of the river flows along the route 381, according to the following segments: The "Ha!

would not fall under the onomatopoeia but rather a derivation of the term French ha-ha which means unexpected obstacle on a path.