This area was formed by the laws 
of nature over 2 billion years ago, once a part of a massive mountain range that eroded over time, this huge mass of ancient bedrock literally serves as the foundation for much of North America.
The present day landscape of Eastside of Lake Winnipeg started evolving some 10,000 years ago after the retreat of the Wisconsin glaciers. This region of Manitoba's boreal forest is covered by a blanket of coniferous and deciduous trees, ponds, bogs, tumbling rivers, laced together by a multitude of lakes, eventually draining into Lake Winnipeg -
the sixth largest freshwater body in North America and the last remaining remnants of 11,000 year old glacial Lake Agassiz. The vast, relatively undisturbed expanse of boreal forest provides one of the last remaining large intact habitats for the Atikaki-Berens and Owl-Flinstone herds of threatened woodland caribou in Manitoba. They share the forests with other wildlife typical of the boreal forest: beaver, river otters, marten, lynx, moose, wolves, black bears, and wolverines.
Outstanding Fishing for Northern Pike, Walleye, Lake Trout, Brook Trout and Whitefish at Rick's Island Lake Lodge
Rick's Island Lake Lodge is OPEN YEAR ROUND!