Safe circulation on the ice is generally done from the end of December to the beginning of March.

Trout River, also called Rivière à la Truite in French, is a non-navigable and non-buoyant river: it has only 427.35 square kilometres (165.00 sq mi) of drainage basin that flows between the townships of Elgin and Godmanchester in front of lots granted by the Crown prior to June 1, 1884.

There would be a legal right of way on private waterways so that people cannot be prevented from crossing the water.

The municipality of Huntingdon set up a Route 138 rest stop at the confluence of the two rivers.

From there, the current descends the course of the Château river for 60.3 kilometres (37.5 mi) to the south shore of lac Saint-Louis, at Châteauguay, south-west of Montreal.