Le Petit Bras (Amédée River tributary)


Le Petit Bras is a tributary of the Amédée River, crossing the town of Baie-Comeau, in the Manicouagan Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of the Côte-Nord, in the province of Quebec, in Canada.
The upper part of this valley is mainly served by the route 389; the lower part, by route 138.
Besides the industrial area and the urban area at the end of the segment, forestry is the main economic activity in this valley.
The surface of the Amédée River is usually frozen from the beginning of December to the end of March, except the rapids areas; however, traffic on the ice is generally safe from mid-December to mid-March.

Geography

The Petit Bras rises from a small lake. This lake is located at:
Le Petit Bras flows on with a drop of, according to the following segments:
The Petit Bras flows on the northeast bank of the Amédée River, that is to say:
The toponym "Le Petit Bras" was formalized on August 2, 1974 at the Place Names Bank of the Commission de toponymie du Québec..