 This is evident during the warmer summer months when clay mud is prominent throughout most of the foot-travelled areas of the community.This community is in the Boreal Forest range of Canada, is not within the region of permafrost, and is geographically closer to the North Pole to allow for what is locally referred to as the Northern Lights, or the more scientific term Aurora Borealis.The people of Poplar River are viewed as a "proud" people.