It is located next to St. Paul's Church along Middle Road in Paget Parish, to the south of Hamilton Harbour.

[4] The reserve is located in The brisk house of elcow adjoining the St. Paul's Church at the crossing of Middle Road and Lover's Lane.

The marsh has peat to depths of 20–30 feet (6.1–9.1 m) which is acidic and does not permit growth of many of the natural species of Bermuda, as it gets flooded during high tides.

[4] The discovery of the marsh is credited to Sir George Somers and his crew from England on their voyage which was shipwrecked between two reefs just off the coast of Bermuda in 1609.

[4][5] Another historical incident reported is of the destructive introduction of two scale insects, Lepidosaphes newsteadi and Carulaspis minima, which caused extensive damage to cedar forest between 1946 and 1951.