[1] The park maintains a recreational focus for residents and visitors, and was established during the mid-19th century when a number of motels were built in the Humber Bay area.

[2] were enjoyed here during the summer and town council meetings were often held in the Humber Bay motels.

Removed in 1973 during the widening of the Eastern Gap, both the large and small lighthouses were relocated to Marine Terminal 51 and offered to the Etobicoke Yacht Club.

There are fly casting and model boating ponds and a fully accessible fishing pier.

Humber Bay Park East was home to Toronto's memorial to the victims of the bombing of Air India Flight 182.