Le Gros Bras
| Le Gros Bras | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Capitale-Nationale |
| Regional County Municipality | Charlevoix Regional County Municipality |
| Unorganized territory and municipality | Lac-Pikauba and Saint-Urbain |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Confluence of forest streams |
| • location | Lac-Pikauba |
| • coordinates | 47°41′51″N 70°39′11″W / 47.69737°N 70.65298°W |
| • elevation | 710 m (2,330 ft) |
| Mouth | Rivière du Gouffre |
• location | Saint-Urbain |
• coordinates | 47°34′18″N 70°26′31″W / 47.57167°N 70.44194°W |
• elevation | 60 m (200 ft) |
| Length | 22.4 km (13.9 mi) |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | (upstream from the mouth) Unidentified stream, discharge from two small lakes, discharge from a small lake, two streams, discharge from an unidentified lake, discharge from Lac Le Gros Brook, unidentified stream. |
| • right | (upstream from the mouth) Unidentified stream, Le Petit Bras (Le Gros Bras), discharge from a small lake, Parent stream, Rivière des Monts, Le Gros Ruisseau, discharge from a small lake, unidentified stream. |
Le Gros Bras (English: The Big Arm) is a tributary of the eastern bank of the lower part of the rivière du Gouffre, flowing in the unorganized territory of Lac-Pikauba and the municipality of Saint-Urbain, in the Charlevoix Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Capitale-Nationale, in the province of Quebec, in Canada. The upper part of this watercourse begins in Grands-Jardins National Park.
This valley is mainly served by the route 138 whose segment near the Saint-Laurent river is designated boulevard Monseigneur de Laval; then consecutively going up north rue Saint-Édouard in Saint-Urbain, chemin Saint-François entering the forest zone, then "chemin du Parc-des-Grands-Jardins" further north. Forestry is the main economic activity in this valley; recreational tourism, second.
The surface of Le Gros Bras is generally frozen from the beginning of December until the beginning of April; however, safe circulation on the ice is generally done from mid-December to the end of March. The water level of the river varies with the seasons and the precipitation; the spring flood generally occurs in April.