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

In 2009, the development of a new residential sector (the "Domaine Rivière des Roches" project) further up the river, raised concerns about environmental protection.

[2] During the fall, the contractor Sébastien Leboeuf decides to immediately begin the work of felling without authorization from the city.,[3] causing the illegal cutting of hundreds of trees.

[7] The toponym "Rivière des Roches" is based on the rocky character of the bottom of the river.

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