This is a small hilly plateau in the East of the Vancouver Island Ranges. The terrain has mainly sub alpines which is broken by small rugged hills and small lakes. Much of the land is contained within Strathcona Provincial Park.

The legend of the plateau came about after the Comox people were facing raids by other coastal tribes. They took their women and children there to keep them safe. Once during a raid from the Cowichan all the women and children vanished without a trace. So it as become believed that it is inhabited by an evil spirit who consumes those that get sent there.