[3] Lake Pasteur is in the unorganized territory of Lac-Walker, in the Sept-Rivières Regional County Municipality.

[3] The lake is about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) north of Shelter Bay, now Port-Cartier, on the shore of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence.

[5] A map of the Ecological regions of Quebec shows the area of the reserve belongs to the eastern spruce/moss domain of the boreal zone.

[7] A study of short gravity core samples along transects in the nearby fjord-lakes Pasteur, Walker and Pentecôte, published in 2018, evaluated the distribution of laminated post-glacial segments and the potential for formation of annual sedimentary layers, or varves.

Ten people died, including Father Auguste Tortellier and Doctor Roméo Vézina.