Bras de Jacob

Bras de Jacob
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
RegionSaguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean
Regional County MunicipalityLe Fjord-du-Saguenay Regional County Municipality
Unorganized territory and a cityLac-Ministuk, Saguenay
Physical characteristics
SourceLac Jacob
  locationLac-Ministuk
  coordinates48°14′30″N 71°11′34″W / 48.24162°N 71.19271°W / 48.24162; -71.19271
  elevation307 m (1,007 ft)
Mouthrivière du Moulin
  location
Saguenay
  coordinates
48°13′55″N 71°06′02″W / 48.23194°N 71.10056°W / 48.23194; -71.10056
  elevation
220 m (720 ft)
Length9.0 km (5.6 mi)
Discharge 
  locationSaguenay
Basin features
Tributaries 
  left(from the mouth) Discharge of lac Desgagné.
  right(from the mouth) Bras Henriette, discharge of lac Le Étangs, discharge of lac Cami, bras de Jacob West.

The bras de Jacob (English: Jacob's arm) is a tributary of the rivière du Moulin, flowing successively in the Saguenay, then in the territory not organized from Lac-Ministuk, in the Le Fjord-du-Saguenay Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, in the province of Quebec, in Canada. The course of bras de Jacob crosses the northwest part of the zec Mars-Moulin.

The upper part of this small valley is served by the Lac-du-Bois-Joli road which passes on the north shore of Lac Jacob. A few other secondary forest roads serve the valley of the Jacob's arm, mainly for forestry and recreational tourism activities.

Forestry is the main economic activity in this valley; recreational tourism, second.

The surface of Jacob's arm 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.