The Rivière Noire flows through the municipalities of Princeville, Saint-Rosaire and Saint-Valère, in the Arthabaska Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Centre-du-Québec, in Quebec, in Canada.

The neighboring geographical slopes of the Black River are: The Rivière Noire takes its source from various agricultural streams, north of the town of Victoriaville, south-east of the village of Saint-Rosaire and south-west of the village of Princeville.

From its head area in Princeville, the Black River flows on 15.9 kilometres (9.9 mi) in the following segments: The Noire River flows on the north bank of the Bulstrode River, 4.8 kilometres (3.0 mi) downstream from the Saint-Valère road bridge and upstream from the route 955 located in the village of Saint-Samuel.

The toponym "rivière Noire" was made official on December 5, 1968, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.

[2] The origin possibly comes from nearby peatlands.