[3] A footpath runs along the river about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) from the village of Baie-Johan-Beetz, leading to the chutes Quétachou, a section of waterfalls.

Two years later a TV show featured the work of nine artists on restoring the beauty of the trail.

[3] A map of the ecological regions of Quebec shows the river in sub-regions 6j-T and 6m-T of the east spruce/moss subdomain.

[10] The Club Lac de la Robe Noire has exclusive fishing rights as an outfitter.

[11] The 1914 Dictionary of Rivers and Lakes of the Province of Quebec said the name was recent and referred to Catholic missionaries who came to catechise the Innu.

It is named after the Abbé Joseph-Marie Bellanger, grand vicar of the bishop of Newfoundland, missionary in La Tabatière, a village of the Basse-Côte-Nord and author of a Grammar of the Mi'kmaq language (1864).

[12][13] The Lacs de la Cabane Brûlée (Burnt Cabin Lakes) are to the west of the Quetachou River.