The abandoned outpost of Tavani is 60 mi (97 km) to the east.

It is within a permafrost region of Canada, and part of the Herne Domain Western Churchill province of the Churchill craton, which is the northwest section of the Canadian Shield.

Around 1971, after reviewing 2,000 samples, the Geological Survey of Canada discovered: "an unusual and unsuspected distribution of above background mercury concentrations in natural waters".

While this offered the potential for mineral explorations, it was also notable as commercial fishing occurs in Kaminak Lake.

[4] Kaminak Lake is part of the barren-ground caribou migration area.