It extends mainly along North Calais Road, paralleling Pekin Brook below Mirror Lake, where ruins of its former industrial past are still evident.

Part of the district is also found along the GAR Road, which runs northwest along the southern shore of Mirror Lake.

Foundational remnants and ruins of the area's mills, and of a large early tavern, are found lining the banks of Pekin Brook.

[2] North Calais is one of the rural community's five village centers, which all arose in some isolation from one another due to the folded hilly terrain.

The village also benefited from its presence on the stagecoach route between Montpelier and Newport, continuing north into Canada.