The town borders the Rural Municipality of Alexander and the Sagkeeng First Nation Indian reserve.

The mine was served by Canadian National Railway since 1924 and ended after the mill closed.

The current-day town of Powerview-Pine Falls came as result of an amalgamation of the previous town of Powerview (50°33′58″N 96°11′53″W / 50.56611°N 96.19806°W / 50.56611; -96.19806) with the previously unincorporated area of Pine Falls (50°33′59″N 96°13′03″W / 50.56639°N 96.21750°W / 50.56639; -96.21750), to its west.

[3] With the closure of the paper mill, the Pine Falls Hospital (Pine Falls Health Complex) of the Interlake-Eastern Regional Health Authority is the community's largest employer.

Pine Falls has a hemiboreal humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb), with short, warm summers and severely cold, snowy winters.