| Bras de l'Enfer | |
| Pushpin Map: | Quebec |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type2: | Province |
| Subdivision Name2: | Quebec |
| Subdivision Type3: | Region |
| Subdivision Type4: | Regional County Municipality |
| Subdivision Name4: | Le Fjord-du-Saguenay Regional County Municipality |
| Subdivision Type5: | Unorganized territory |
| Subdivision Name5: | Lac-Ministuk |
| Length: | 18.6km (11.6miles)[1] |
| Discharge1 Location: | Lac-Ministuk |
| Source1: | Lac Tréma |
| Source1 Location: | Lac-Ministuk |
| Source1 Coordinates: | 47.9607°N -71.0436°W |
| Source1 Elevation: | 897m (2,943feet) |
| Mouth: | Rivière à Mars |
| Mouth Location: | Lac-Ministuk |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 48.0261°N -71.0103°W |
| Mouth Elevation: | 440m (1,440feet) |
| Tributaries Right: | (from the mouth) Unidentied stream, discharge of lac Georges, discharge of lac Lucifer (via lac de l'Enfer). |
The Bras de l'Enfer is a tributary of the rivière à Mars, flowing in the unorganized territory of Lac-Ministuk, in the Le Fjord-du-Saguenay Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, in the province of Quebec, in Canada. The upper part of the course of the "Bras de l'Enfer" crosses the northern part of the Laurentides Wildlife Reserve.
A few other secondary forest roads serve the Bras de l'Enfer valley, mainly for forestry and recreational tourism activities.[2]
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.
The Bras de l'Enfer rises at the mouth of Lake Trema (length: 0.15km (00.09miles); altitude: 897m (2,943feet)). This source is located at:
From its source, the Bras de l'Enfer flows over 18.6km (11.6miles) with a drop of 457m (1,499feet) entirely in forest and mountainous zones, according to the following segments:
The Bras de l'Enfer pours down on the east bank of the rivière à Mars. This confluence is located at:
From the confluence of the Bras de l'Enfer with the rivière à Mars, the current follows the course of the rivière à Mars on 55.3km (34.4miles) generally towards the north, crosses the Baie des Ha! Ha! on 11km (07miles) northeast, then the course of the Saguenay River on 99.5km (61.8miles) east to Tadoussac where it merges with the Saint Lawrence Estuary.[3]
The toponym "bras de l'Enfer" was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the Place Names Bank of the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[4]