It flows into the municipality of Wotton, in the Les Sources Regional County Municipality (MRC), in the administrative region of Estrie, in Quebec, in Canada.

The main neighboring hydrographic slopes of the "Nicolet Northeast River" are: The Nicolet Nord-Est river has its source in the third rang of the municipality of Saint-Adrien, almost at the limit of Notre-Dame-de-Ham.

Its source is located near Chemin du 2e Rang.

The Northeast Nicolet River empties on the north shore of the Nicolet Centre River at 1.4 kilometres (0.87 mi) upstream of the mouth of the latter and 0.7 kilometres (0.43 mi) downstream from the confluence of the Duchesne stream.

[1] The toponym "Rivière Nicolet Nord-Est" was made official on December 5, 1968, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.