Shea village is situated about 100 miles south – east by dirt road from Lethem and approximately 9 miles from the base of the rolling Kanuku Mountains. The titled area is approximately 156.557 sq. miles and comprises mostly pristine forest and savannah with notches of hills, dales as well as creeks and streams and rivers. Shea has a population of 370 Wapichan Amerindians who have maintained subsistence farming as means of livelihood.