Bras à Pierre


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" 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.

Geography

The main watersheds neighboring the "Bras à Pierre" are:
The "Bras à Pierre" originates in the marsh area ) between the mountains in the northern part of the Rivière à la Catin. This marsh area is fed by a few mountain streams. This source of the watercourse is located at:
From the mouth of its source, the course of "Bras à Pierre" descends on, according to a drop in level of according to the following segments:
Pierre's arm spills out onto the south bank of the Saint-Jean River. This mouth is located at:
From the confluence of "Bras à Pierre", the current:
The term "Pierre" is a male given name.
The toponym "Bras à Pierre" was formalized on December 5, 1968, by the Commission de toponymie du Québec.

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