It is located at an altitude of 671 m (2,201 ft) and is 60 km (37 mi) southwest of Whitehorse near the British Columbia border.
[4][5] About 6 km (3.7 mi) east of the campgrounds on Kuwasa Lake is the site where the first of the Yukon Ice Patches was discovered in 1997 on mountain Thandlät.
[8] The wooden dart shaft fragment that was recovered was radiocarbon dated to 4360 ± 50 14C yr BP (TO 6870).
[9]: 120 The Kusawa Lake Territorial Park, a protected area of 3,082 km2 (1,190 sq mi), is in the planning stage.
[10][11] The lake is dominated by Arctic grayling, herring, round whitefish, and American char.