This watercourse crosses the territory of the municipalities of Dunham and Stanbridge East in the Brome-Missisquoi Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Montérégie, in the province of Quebec, in Canada.

Safe traffic on the ice is generally from late December to early March.

The hydrographic slopes neighboring the "Brochets river north" are: The "Rivière aux Brochets Nord" originates from a small marsh area (1.2 km (0.75 mi) long, located between two mountains and in a forest area) in the southern part of the territory of Dunham.

From this marsh, the course of this river flows on: The "Rivière aux Brochets Nord" flows onto the north shore of the Pike River (Rivière aux Brochets), just north of the village of Stanbridge East.

The toponym "Rivière aux Brochets Nord" was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.