The Bras de l'Enfer 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 ...

, 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. The upper part of the course of the "Bras de l'Enfer" crosses the northern part of the

Laurentides Wildlife Reserve Réserve faunique des Laurentides (), also known by its former name of parc des Laurentides, is a wildlife reserve in Quebec, Canada, located between Quebec City and the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region. This reserve is part of the network of ...

. A few other secondary forest roads serve the Bras de l'Enfer valley, mainly for forestry and recreational tourism activities.wiki-osm.pl?project=fr&article=Bras_de_l'Enfer 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 de l'Enfer 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.

Geography

The Bras de l'Enfer rises at the mouth of Lake Trema (length: ; altitude: ). This source is located at: * north-east of "Lac du Moulin" which is the head lake of rivière du Moulin; * west of the course of the

; * south of the confluence of the Arm of Hell and the

; * northwest of Lac Marchand; * south-west of

Lake Ha! Ha! Lake Ha! Ha! is a waterbody tributary of the Ha! Ha! River. It is located in the municipality of Ferland-et-Boilleau, Quebec, in the Le Fjord-du-Saguenay Regional County Municipality (MRC), in administrative region of Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, i ...

. From its source, the Bras de l'Enfer flows over with a drop of entirely in forest and mountainous zones, according to the following segments: * to the west, in particular by crossing Gilson lake (length: ; altitude: ) and Villeneuve lake (length: ; altitude: ), the south-eastern part of which is surrounded by marshes, to the mouth of the latter; * towards the north-west, crossing lac de l'Enfer (length: ; altitude: ), to its mouth; * north-east to a bend in the river, then branching north-east to the outlet (coming from the south-east) of Lake Georges; * towards the north-east by leveling and bypassing by the northeast a mountain whose summit reaches , to a mountain stream (coming from the south); * northwards, making a difference in level from , to a stream (coming from the west); * towards the south-east by forming a curve towards the north, followed by a curve towards the south, until its mouth. The Bras de l'Enfer pours down on the east bank of the

. This confluence is located at: * north-east of Lake Georges; * north-east of a curve in the course of the rivière du Moulin; * west of the course of the Rivière à Pierre; * west of a mountain peak (altitude: ); * south of the confluence of the

and Baie des Ha! Ha!. From the confluence of the Bras de l'Enfer with the

, the current follows the course of the

on generally towards the north, crosses the Baie des Ha! Ha! on northeast, 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 ...

on east 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 de l'Enfer" 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 de l'Enfer
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References

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Geography

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See also

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