"[3] Lake Abita is situated in the northern region of the Duluth Complex, in the Misquah Hills.

[4] The Duluth gabbro of this region forms several ridges running east to west, which are punctuated by outcroppings of so-called "red rock," several of which is the highest points of land in Minnesota.

[11] An average of one yellow perch was caught per net, but surveys failed to find any presence of the walleye population which state fisheries had been trying to establish in the lake through three years of fry stocking.

[11] Late 19th century geological surveys of Minnesota found that the rock surrounding Lake Abita was predominately red and grey feldspar, specifically plagioclase, partially changed to diallage, magnetite, and hornblende.

[12] This survey found the color changed to brown as one moved south from the lake, due to the presence of Limonite.