La Grosse Décharge

La Grosse Décharge
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
RegionSaguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean
Regional County MunicipalityLe Fjord-du-Saguenay Regional County Municipality
Unorganized territoryLac-Ministuk
Physical characteristics
SourceLac de la Grosse Décharge
  locationLac-Ministuk
  coordinates48°16′24″N 71°04′51″W / 48.27329°N 71.08079°W / 48.27329; -71.08079
  elevation239 m (784 ft)
MouthRivière à Mars
  location
Lac-Ministuk
  coordinates
48°16′33″N 70°58′26″W / 48.27583°N 70.97388°W / 48.27583; -70.97388
  elevation
170 m (560 ft)
Length9.8 km (6.1 mi)
Discharge 
  locationLac-Ministuk
Basin features
Tributaries 
  left(from the mouth) Discharge of "lac aux Bleuets", discharge of lac Hamel.
  right(from the mouth) La Petite Décharge, discharge of lac Xavier.

La Grosse Décharge is a tributary of the rivière à Mars, flowing in the unorganized territory of 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 "La Grosse Décharge" crosses the northern part of the zec Mars-Moulin.

This small valley is served by the "Chemin de la Consol Paper" and the "Chemin des Lac des Maltais". A few other secondary forest roads serve the "La Grosse Décharge" valley, mainly for forestry and recreational tourism activities.

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

The surface of "La Grosse Décharge" is usually frozen from the beginning of December to the end of March, however the safe circulation on the ice is generally made from mid-December to mid-March.