It rises in the remote countryside of the Glenfeshie Forest, flowing initially eastwards before turning sharply to the northwest as a result of the capture of the waters of Geldie Burn.
In the late 18th and early 19th centuries the Glen Feshie Wood Company was active in extracting timber from Aeneas Mackintosh's land at Ruigh Aiteachain.
In 1804, Mackintosh and George Macpherson Grant of Ballindalloch fell into dispute over damage to floodbanks caused by logs being floated down the river.
[3] The Duke and Duchess of Bedford first leased the Invereshie shootings from George Macpherson Grant in 1818, beginning a lifelong sporting association with Glen Feshie.
[3] In 2006, the Glen Feshie estate was bought by the Danish businessman Anders Holch Povlsen, who expanded it by buying the neighbouring 4,000 acre (1,600 ha) farm of Killiehuntly.