Bras du Nord
- 10.9 mi
- one way
- 693 ft
- high point
- Point to point
- route
Bras du Nord is a 11-mile paddling route in Quebec, Canada. The nearest town is Saint-Léonard-de-Portneuf, about 13 miles north of the start. Peaks within about 3 miles include Cap des Sept-Côtes and Montagne des Falaises. Chute à Gilles and Chute Delaney are within about 3 miles. For camping, Camping Shannahan and Camping Lac Delaney are within about 6 miles. The route and its length come from OpenStreetMap. River levels, weirs and access points change, so check local conditions and portages before you paddle.
Rivière Sainte-AnneCanoeing · ~23 min drivePhoto: Wolfy13399, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Rivière Sainte-AnneBoat launch · ~28 min drivePhoto: Nichole Ouellette, CC BY 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Rivière Sainte-AnneBoat launch · ~31 min drivePhoto: Nichole Ouellette/ouellette001.com, CC BY 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Lac LongBoat launch · ~35 min drivePhoto: Nichole Ouellette, CC BY 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Parc ShannonBoat launch · ~37 min drivePhoto: Livernois photo studio, Public domain (via Wikimedia Commons)
Lac St-CharlesBoat launch · ~47 min drivePhoto: Gabriel Picard, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Marina QuébecBoat launch · ~1h 3m drivePhoto: Pascalboucher89, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Rampe de mise à l'eau BatiscanBoat launch · ~1h 14m drivePhoto: Nichole Ouellette, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Marina Saint-Michel-de-BellechasseBoat launch · ~1h 23m drivePhoto: busand2003, CC BY 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)- Mise à l'eau : Nouvelle vagueBoat launch · ~38 min drive
Also worth it near here
- Boucle de la HauteurHiking · Next door
Chute DelaneyWaterfall · ~3 min drivePhoto: Sylvainbrousseau, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)- Refuge Yourte DelaneyHut camping · ~3 min drivePhoto: Sylvainbrousseau, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Mont Saint-BernardSummit · ~21 min drivePhoto: BAnQ - Collection Magella Bureau, Public domain (via Wikimedia Commons)
Camping de la plage du Lac St-JosephCamping · ~30 min drivePhoto: Gabriel Picard, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Best time to visit Bras du Nord
No month here meets our mild-weather rule. Best months have typical highs of 55–85 °F, lows of 30 °F or warmer (32 °F where there's no snowfall data), at most one snowy day and no more than 12 wet days.
Jan
16° / -1°
17 wet
Feb
21° / 5°
14 wet
Mar
32° / 16°
15 wet
Apr
46° / 30°
13 wet
May
61° / 43°
15 wet
Jun
70° / 53°
16 wet
Jul
74° / 58°
17 wet
Aug
72° / 56°
15 wet
Sep
63° / 48°
16 wet
Oct
49° / 37°
17 wet
Nov
36° / 23°
18 wet
Dec
23° / 7°
18 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1981–2010. Modelled for the 1 km square this place sits in (average height 725 ft), not measured at a weather station. Snowfall days aren't in this data. Source: CHELSA 1 km climate model (1981–2010) and CRU TS 4.09 wet days. Data: CHELSA V2.1 climatologies (Karger et al. 2017), WSL (CC0 1.0); CRU TS 4.09 (Harris et al. 2020), University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. (Open Government Licence v3.0).
Conditions and forecast
Daily highs and lows, wind and the chance of precipitation at Bras du Nord for the next 7 days, from the Open-Meteo model.
Map and trail data © OpenStreetMap contributors
