It is located in the boreal forest and Canadian Shield within the Churchill River drainage basin.

[4][5] Peter Pond Lake was on the fur trade route to the Methye Portage which connected Eastern Canada to the Mackenzie River area.

On the east side of Little Peter Pond a narrow isthmus separates it from Churchill Lake, the two forming a broad "V".

The park is 3,650 hectares (9,000 acres) and has a 10-kilometre (6.2 mi) long, white-sand beach and sand hills.

The park was originally Crown land and operated by the Saskatchewan government but was transferred to the local community of Buffalo Narrows in 2003.