| Bras des Canots | |
| Pushpin Map: | Quebec |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type2: | Province |
| Subdivision Name2: | Quebec |
| Subdivision Type3: | Region |
| Subdivision Name3: | Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean |
| Subdivision Type4: | Regional County Municipality |
| Subdivision Name4: | Le Fjord-du-Saguenay Regional County Municipality |
| Subdivision Type5: | Unorganized territory |
| Subdivision Name5: | Mont-Valin |
| Length: | 29.1km (18.1miles) |
| Discharge1 Location: | Mont-Valin |
| Source1: | Lac Bonjour |
| Source1 Location: | Mont-Valin |
| Source1 Coordinates: | 48.7129°N -70.8198°W |
| Source1 Elevation: | 795m (2,608feet) |
| Mouth: | Rivière Valin |
| Mouth Location: | Mont-Valin |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 48.58°N -70.8831°W |
| Mouth Elevation: | 230m (760feet) |
| Tributaries Left: | Ruisseau Aurèle. |
| Tributaries Right: | Discharge of lac Maurice. |
The bras des Canots is a tributary of the Valin River, flowing in the unorganized territory of Mont-Valin, in the Le Fjord-du-Saguenay Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, in Quebec, in Canada. The course of the Bras des Canots flows mainly in the Monts-Valin National Park.
A secondary forest road serves the southwest bank of the Bras des Canots valley and the lakes upstream; other secondary forest roads have been developed in the sector for the needs of forestry and recreational tourism activities.[1]
The surface of the Canoe's arm is usually frozen from the end of November to the beginning of April, however the safe circulation on the ice is generally done from mid-December to the end of March.
The main neighboring watersheds of Bras des Canots are:
The Bras des Canots rises at the mouth of Duck Lake (length: ; altitude:). This source is located northwest of a bay in the northwest of lac Martin-Valin, north of mouth of the Bras des Canots, West of the lac Jalobert (Mont-Valin) which flows into the Sainte-Marguerite River and at on the North shore of the Saguenay River.
From its source, the course of the Bras des Canots descends on according to the following segments:
Upper course of Bras des Canots (segment:)
Lower reaches of Bras des Canots (segment:)
The mouth of the Bras des Canots flows onto the north bank of the Valin River, bypassing an island which blocks the mouth. This confluence is located at:
From the mouth of the Bras des Canots, the current follows the course of the Valin river, then the course of the Saguenay river to the height of Tadoussac where it merges with the Saint Lawrence river.[2]
The toponym "Bras des Canots" was formalized on December 2, 1970, at the Place Names Bank of the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[3]