Garden Hill is the second largest of three reserves of the Island Lake region of Manitoba.

Nearby on Island Lake are the communities of Wasagamack of the Wasagamack First Nation, St. Theresa Point of the St. Theresa Point First Nation, and the northern settlement of Island Lake.

They earned their status by establishing a reputation for generosity, service, wisdom, spirituality, courage, diplomacy, dignity, loyalty and personal magnetism.

The shared generosity because of beliefs, values, traditions, and customs required by this behaviour.

[citation needed] Garden Hill First Nations once belonged to the Island Lake band,[4] who, on 13 August 1909, became a signatory of Treaty 5.