Other secondary forest roads have been developed in the area for forestry and recreational tourism activities.

Bordered by steep mountains, its narrow course is dotted with rapids and has several falls; it widens downstream, rich in the waters of its drainage basin which includes the Apica, Écorces, Pika and Petite Pikauba rivers.

[1] The specific "Pikauba" designates two rivers and a lake in the "Laurentian wildlife reserve".

In 1981, the Commission de toponymie du Québec adopted a change in the designation of this watercourse.

[4] The toponym "Pikauba river" was formalized on January 8, 1981, at the Place Names Bank of the Commission de toponymie du Québec.