Its highest peak is Mount Babel, at 952 m (3,123 feet), which is contained in the Louis-Babel Ecological Reserve.

[1] The geological structure was formed by the impact of an asteroid 214 million years ago.

The Quebec Court of Appeal made a ruling on April 28, 2006, allowing Kruger Inc. to resume its logging activities.

There seems to be an exceptional concentration of old-growth boreal forest stands on the island.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Fauna (MRNFQ), along with Kruger Inc., have already identified seven EFEs, spanning approximately 25 km2.