Bras à Pierre
| Bras à Pierre | |
|---|---|
| Etymology | a |
| Location | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean |
| Regional County Municipality | Le Fjord-du-Saguenay Regional County Municipality |
| Municipalities | Ferland-et-Boilleau and Rivière-Éternité |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Streams in marsh area |
| • location | L'Anse-Saint-Jean |
| • coordinates | 48°06′36″N 70°26′03″W / 48.11009°N 70.43423°W |
| • elevation | 368 m (1,207 ft) |
| Mouth | Rivière Saint-Jean |
• location | L'Anse-Saint-Jean |
• coordinates | 48°09′36″N 70°24′39″W / 48.16°N 70.410845°W |
• elevation | 174 m (571 ft) |
| Length | 9.0 km (5.6 mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | L'Anse-Saint-Jean |
The Bras à Pierre is a tributary of the Saint-Jean river, flowing in the municipality of L'Anse-Saint-Jean, in the Le Fjord-du-Saguenay Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, in the province from Quebec, to Canada.
The valley of "Bras à Pierre" (English: Pierre's arm) is served by the Périgny road for forestry, agriculture and recreational tourism activities. Some secondary forest roads serve this valley.
Forestry is the main economic activity in the sector; recreational tourism activities, second; agriculture in third. This valley contains some dwellings distributed in small deforested areas.
The surface of "Bras à Pierre" is usually frozen from the beginning of December to the end of March, however the safe circulation on the ice is generally done from mid-December to mid-March.