It is located at the south end of Lake Kipawa, adjacent to the Kebaowek Reserve.

In addition to the community of Kipawa itself located on the namesake lake, the municipality also includes the community of Tee Lake (originally called Gendreau at the end of the 19th century),[4] and surrounds the Indian Reserve of Kebaowek.

[1] Another theory claims that it means "getting off" or "disembarkation", or the location where one can pick up supplies or trade.

The first Europeans to come into the Kipawa basin were fur traders and missionaries.

[1] On January 1, 1985, the Municipality of Kipawa was created out of previously unincorporated area.