[3] Seasonal recreation activities include swimming (two public beaches and a pool), camping, fishing, mini-golf, biking, hiking, and access to the Trans Canada Trail.

The park also features a captive herd of buffalo, along with the Nicolle Flats Marsh where a variety of wildlife can be observed.

[9] Opportunities are available for canoeing, kayaking, swimming, fishing, and boating at the beach areas along the lake.

[11] The area is an Important Bird Area of Canada (Nicolle Flats SK 060)[12] and is home to several species including mallards, American white pelicans, black-crowned night herons, Franklin's gulls, willow flycatchers, yellow-breasted chats, great blue herons, and black terns.

Charles Nicolle was a veteran of the North-West Mounted Police and settled in the Qu'Appelle Valley with his family and 1881.