The lake is popularly fished for its rainbow trout and char.

The French-Canadians mistook Nidaa for nedo, which meant "whiteman," and named it Lac des Français (meaning Lake of the French).

Equity Silver is a weather station roughly 20 km (12.4 miles) north of François Lake, at an elevation of 1280 m (4199 ft).

Equity Silver has a subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc), bordering on a tundra climate (Köppen ET).

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