Administratively it is in Division 21, Northern Region of Manitoba, and it lies almost entirely within the Cormorant Provincial Forest.

The lake is about 21.15 kilometres (13 mi) wide and 64.23 kilometres (40 mi) long, with a surface area of over 1,000 square kilometres (386 sq mi).

The village of Cormorant[1] is on the east side of the lake, along Via Rail's Winnipeg–Churchill line.

It is the former site of a now-closed military base.

There are two large islands in the western portion of the lake and a chain of islands cutting northeast–southwest across the middle of the lake.