The reserve is located approximately 16 kilometers southwest of central southern Lake Nipissing along the French River.

[5] Dokis 9 is bordered by the Unorganized Centre Parry Sound District, West Nipissing, and French River.

Today, over 300 years after fur traders first navigated its waters, motorboats, kayaks, and canoes now travel the French River; lodges and cottages dot the landscape, and it provides an abundance of activities for anglers and hunters.

Woodpeckers, ravens, Great Blue Herons and a variety of warbler are just some of the birds that can be found along the river’s shores.

[6] The Dokis’s economy is derived from a number of sources including small locally owned businesses.

Private and tribally owned enterprises include businesses in construction, marina operation, catering, restaurants, transportation, tourism, eco-tourism, ecology, forestry, and services to cottage owners along the French River.