| Bras du Nord | |
| Pushpin Map: | Quebec |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type2: | Province |
| Subdivision Name2: | Quebec |
| Subdivision Type3: | Region |
| Subdivision Name3: | Capitale-Nationale |
| Subdivision Type4: | Regional County Municipality |
| Subdivision Name4: | Portneuf Regional County Municipality |
| Subdivision Type5: | Municipalities |
| Subdivision Name5: | Saint-Raymond |
| Length: | 35.6km (22.1miles) |
| Discharge1 Location: | Saint-Raymond |
| Source1: | Confluence of Sainte-Anne Ouest River and Neilson River |
| Source1 Location: | Saint-Raymond, MRC Portneuf Regional County Municipality |
| Source1 Coordinates: | 47.089°N -71.8898°W |
| Source1 Elevation: | 199m (653feet) |
| Mouth: | Sainte-Anne River |
| Mouth Location: | Saint-Raymond |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 46.8869°N -71.8558°W |
| Mouth Elevation: | 134m (440feet) |
| Tributaries Left: | (Upward from the mouth) Ruisseau non identifié, décharge d'un lac non identifié, décharge des lacs Rita et Alain, ruisseau non identifié, décharge d'un ensemble de lacs non identifiés, décharge d'un lac, Écartée Rivere, rivière de la Roche Plate (décharge du lac Lafrance), décharge des lacs du Parcours et Nidoreux (hameau Pine Lake), décharge du Lac du Culmen, décharge d'un petit lac, Neilson River. |
| Tributaries Right: | (Upward from the mouth) Décharge de trois lacs, décharge de trois lacs, décharge d'un lac, décharge d'un lac, ruisseau du Rang Sainte-Croix, décharge de deux lacs, décharge d'un lac, décharge de deux petits lacs, décharge d'un lac, décharge d'un lac, Mauvaise River, décharge d'un petit lac, décharge d'un petit lac, décharge de trois petits lacs, décharge d'un petit lac, décharge d'un petit lac, décharge de trois petits lacs, décharge d'un petit lac, décharge de deux petits lacs, décharge du lac Préseau, décharge d'un petit lac, décharge du lac Merché, ruisseau, décharge de 2 petits lacs, décharge du Lac de la Hauteur, Sainte-Anne Ouest River. |
The Bras du Nord is a tributary of the Sainte-Anne River flowing in the town of Saint-Raymond, in the MRC of Portneuf, in the administrative region of Capitale-Nationale, in Quebec, in Canada.
The Bras du Nord is mainly served by the rang Saguenay road which runs on the east bank of the river.
The main economic activities in the sector are forestry and recreational tourism activities.
The surface of the North Arm (except the rapids zones) is generally frozen from the beginning of December to the end of March, but the safe circulation on the ice is generally made from the end of December to the beginning of March.
The Bras du Nord rises at the confluence of the rivers Sainte-Anne Ouest and Neilson (altitude). From this confluence, the Bras du Nord flows for to the south, generally in the forest zone, sometimes agricultural at the end of the route, with a drop of according to the following segments:
Upper course of the North Arm (segment of)
Lower reaches of the North Arm (segment of)
The Bras du Nord flows onto the northwest bank of the Sainte-Anne River at downstream from the route 365 which passes through downtown Saint-Raymond. From this confluence, the current descends on generally towards the south and the southwest by following the course of the Sainte-Anne river, until the northwest bank of the St. Lawrence River.[1]
This toponym refers to its location north of the Sainte-Anne river. This toponym appears on the plan of a part of the seigneury of Bourg-Louis carried out by the surveyor Ignace-Pierre Déry, in 1851.[2]
The toponym "Bras du Nord" was formalized on April 22, 2008, at the Place Names Bank of the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[3]