It contains nearly 120,000 hectares of land and spans parts of five counties, Annapolis, Digby, Queens, Shelburne and Yarmouth.

[3] Archaeological research shows that the Mi’kmaq people were present in the Tobeatic at least 4500 years ago.

The landscape was shaped by the last glaciation, which left glacial barrens, erratics, drumlins, eskers, moraines, hummocks, outwash plains and kettle lakes.

[6] Campsites, canoe routes, and portages are not as developed or maintained as the nearby Kejimkujik.

Along with Kejimkujik, the Tobeatic is part of the UNESCO designated Southwest Nova Biosphere Reserve.