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.
Buffalo Narrows Sand Dunes Park on Big Peter Pond Lake