The lake is in a glacier-carved valley in the Porcupine Hills within the Rural Municipality of Preeceville No.

Henry Kelsey of the Hudson's Bay Company travelled past the lake in 1691 when he went from the Etomami River system to the Lilian.

[3] In 1691, Hudson's Bay Company fur trader and explorer Henry Kelsey traversed the natural portage between the Etomami and Lilian Rivers while in search of a route to the aspen parkland region.

[6] The lake sits in a glacial spillway in the Porcupine Hills of east-central Saskatchewan and has two outflows.

The Canadian National Railway runs along the western shore of the lake through the valley while Highway 9 travels past the eastern shore above the valley.