The arm of the Coco is a tributary of the

rivière à Mars The Rivière à Mars is a tributary of the Baie des Ha! Ha! (Saguenay River), Baie des Ha! Ha! Crossing the borough La Baie, in Saguenay, Quebec, Saguenay (city), in the administrative region of Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, in Quebec, in Canada. The ...

, flowing in the unorganized territory of Lac-Ministuk, in the

Le Fjord-du-Saguenay Regional County Municipality Le Fjord-du-Saguenay (''The Fjord of the Saguenay iver') is a regional county municipality in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada. Its seat is Saint-Honoré, which is also its most populous municipality. It is named for the f ...

, in the administrative region of

Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean (, ) is a region in Quebec, Canada. It contains the Saguenay Fjord, the estuary of the Saguenay River, stretching through much of the region. It is also known as Sagamie in French, from the first part of "Saguenay" and th ...

, in the

province A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or sovereign state, state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''Roman province, provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire ...

Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...

, in Canada. A few other secondary forest roads serve the Coco Valley, especially for forestry and recreational tourism activities.Open Street Map - Accessed January 21, 2019
/ref> Forestry is the main economic activity in this valley; recreational tourism, second. The surface of the "Bras du Coco" 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 "Bras du Coco" rises at the mouth of Lac Croche (length: ; altitude: ) which is located at the southwestern limit of the municipality Ferland-et-Boilleau. This source is located at: * north-east of the course of the rivière du Moulin; * south-east of the confluence of the Coco arm and the

; * east of the hamlet "Secteur-Charlevoix" located on the edge of the rivière du Moulin; * south-east of

Kenogami Lake Kenogami lake is a long lake in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region of south-central Quebec, Canada. Situated at an altitude of , the lake is long and deep. "Kénogami" means "long lake" in the Montagnais dialect and was originally used to ref ...

. The "Bras du Coco" flows over with a drop of especially in the forest zone, according to the following segments: * to the east, crossing two small marsh areas, to the outlet (coming from the south-east) of two lakes; * north-east to the outlet (coming from the south-east) of Little Pacific Lake; * north-west to the outlet (coming from the south-west) of Lac Jerry; * towards the northwest by forming a hook of towards the northeast, then north passing between two mountains, until the discharge (from the southwest) from "Lac des Belles Filles"; * north-west in the marsh area, to a stream (coming from the south-west); * north in the marsh area, to its mouth. The "Bras du Coco" pours into a bend on the south bank of the

. This confluence is located at: * west of the Bras Rocheux river, a tributary of the Ha! Ha! River; * west of the hamlet "Ferland" on the edge of

Bras d'Hamel The Bras d'Hamel is a stream flowing in the municipality of Ferland-et-Boilleau (MRC of Le Fjord-du-Saguenay Regional County Municipality) and in the city of Saguenay (city), in the administrative region of Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, in the provin ...

; * south-west of a curve in the course of the Ha! Ha! River; * north-east of the hamlet “Sector-Charlevoix” located on the edge of the rivière du Moulin; * south of the confluence of the

and the Baie des Ha! Ha!. From the confluence of the "Bras du Coco" with the

, the current follows the course of the

on generally towards the north, crosses the Baie des Ha! Ha! northeast on , then the course of the

Saguenay River __NOTOC__ The Saguenay River () is a major river of Quebec, Canada. It drains Lac Saint-Jean in the Laurentian Highlands, leaving at Alma and running east; the city of Saguenay is located on the river. It drains into the Saint Lawrence River. T ...

east on to

Tadoussac Tadoussac () is a village in Quebec, Canada, at the confluence of the Saguenay and Saint Lawrence rivers. The indigenous Innu call the place ''Totouskak'' (plural for ''totouswk'' or ''totochak'') meaning "bosom", probably in reference to the t ...

where it merges with the

Saint Lawrence estuary The estuary of the Saint Lawrence in Quebec, Canada, is one of the largest esturaries in the world. Situation The estuary of the St. Lawrence River is located downstream of the St. Lawrence River and upstream of the Gulf of St. Lawrence. It ...

Toponymy

The toponym "bras du Coco" was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the Place Names Bank of the

Commission de toponymie du Québec The Commission de toponymie du Québec (English: ''Toponymy Commission of Québec'') is the Government of Québec's public body responsible for cataloging, preserving, making official and publicize Québec's place names and their origins according ...

.Commission de toponymie du Québec - Bras du Coco
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References

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Geography

Toponymy

See also

References