Bras d'Hamel | |
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Location | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean and Saguenay (city) |
Regional County Municipality | Le Fjord-du-Saguenay Regional County Municipality |
Municipalities | Ferland-et-Boilleau |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Confluence of forest streams |
• location | Ferland-et-Boilleau |
• coordinates | 48°05′29″N 70°57′56″W / 48.09140°N 70.96545°W |
• elevation | 420 m (1,380 ft) |
Mouth | Ha! Ha! River |
• location | Saguenay (ville) |
• coordinates | 48°14′35″N 70°50′51″W / 48.24305°N 70.8475°W |
• elevation | 170 m (560 ft) |
Length | 26.8 km (16.7 mi)[1] |
Discharge | |
• location | Ferland-et-Boilleau |
Basin features | |
Tributaries | |
• right | (from the mouth) Bras Rocheux, outlet of lac Rémis, outlet of lac Hervé. |
The Bras d'Hamel is a stream flowing in the municipality of Ferland-et-Boilleau (MRC of Le Fjord-du-Saguenay Regional County Municipality) and in the city of Saguenay (city), in the administrative region of Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, in the province of Quebec, in Canada.
The "Bras d'Hamel" valley is served mainly by the route 381 which runs along its entire course for forestry, agriculture and recreational tourism activities.[2]
Forestry is the main economic activity in the sector; recreational tourism, second.
The surface of "Bras d'Hamel" is usually frozen from early December to late March, however safe circulation on the ice is generally from mid-December to mid-March.