It flows northeast through the municipalities of La Présentation, Saint-Jude and Saint-Louis in the Les Maskoutains Regional County Municipality (MRC), in the administrative region of Montérégie, on the South Shore of Saint Lawrence River, in Quebec, Canada.

A second discontinuous road starting at Boulevard Laframboise borders the river on the northwest side.

[4] The ancestor Pierre, Sieur de Fromont, son of Jean-Baptiste Salvaye and Jacquette Belle, originates from Mediterranean countries, being from the diocese of Genoa.

This captain, former comrade in arms of Sieur Pierre de Saint-Ours.,[3] will marry Adhémar by notary contract.

[6] The toponym "Rivière Salvail" was officially registered on December 5, 1968, in the Bank of place names of the Commission de toponymie du Québec.