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:

north side: Saint-Jean River, Emmuraillé Lake, Éternité River, Saguenay River;
east side: Patrice-Fortin stream, Portage River, Petit Saguenay River, ruisseau de la sucrerie, Saint Lawrence River;
south side: Bazile lake, Chouinard stream, Malbaie River, Noire River, "lac de la Hauteur" ;
west side: Saint-Jean River, Rivière à la Catin, Brébeuf Lake, Cami River, Ha! Ha! River.

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:

north of the course of the Rivière à la Catin;
north of the hamlet "Le Bras-du-Suroît";
west of a mountain peak reaching ;
north-west of a mountain peak reaching ;
south of the confluence of the "Bras à Pierre" and the Saint-Jean River.

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:

towards the north especially in the marsh area in a valley in a valley surrounded by high mountains, collecting the discharge of a small lake, as well as the discharge from another small lake, to a stream ;
westward, to a stream ;
towards the north in a valley between the mountains and forming a hook towards the west and a loop towards the east at the end of the segment, up to the mouth.

Pierre's arm spills out onto the south bank of the Saint-Jean River. This mouth is located at:

south-west of the hamlet "La Vallée-d'Amont";
east of Brébeuf Lake;
south-east of the village center of Rivière-Éternité;
south of the confluence of the Éternité River and the Éternité Bay ;
south-west of the confluence of the Saint-Jean River and Anse Saint-Jean.

From the confluence of "Bras à Pierre", the current:

follows the course of the Saint-Jean River on generally towards the northeast;
crosses Anse Saint-Jean on to the north;
follows the course of the Saguenay River on eastward to Tadoussac where it merges with the Estuary of Saint Lawrence.

Toponymy

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.