[4] The area is typical of the flat-surfaced part of the Canadian Shield, with low hills that rarely rise as much as 30 to 46 metres (100 to 150 ft) above the lakes.

[4] The terrain consists of roughly parallel sinuous ridges of outcrop separated by muskeg, drift and lakes.

[5] Geologically the area is in the Precambrian Kisseynew complex, underlain by an assemblage of metamorphosed sedimentary rocks that has been intricately folded, with intrusions of sill-like granitic bodies.

[4] There are small patches of moss-covered muskeg that support laurel (kalmia microphylla), labrador tea, and scattered larch, and black spruce.

[11] Animals hunted for meat or fur include moose, woodland caribou, black bear, beaver, otter, and muskrat.