[2] Apart from hamlets or village areas, agriculture is the main economic activity in the sector; forestry, second.

The surface of the Rivière aux Pommes (except the rapids areas) is generally frozen from the beginning of December to the end of March; safe circulation on the ice is generally done from the end of December to the beginning of March.

The water level of the river varies with the seasons and the precipitation; the spring flood occurs in March or April.

The Rivière aux Pommes rises at Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier, from a small unidentified lake, at the foot of mont Bélair.

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