In winter the golf course has groomed cross country ski trails and the park has ice and hockey rinks.
[3] The lake contains black bullhead, black crappie, bluegill, bowfin, carp, golden shiner, green sunfish, hybrid sunfish, largemouth bass, northern pike, pumpkinseed, walleye, white sucker, yellow bullhead, and yellow perch.
[4] Some fish consumption guideline restrictions have been placed on the lake's bluegill and northern pike due to mercury and/or PCB contamination.
The lake is a stormwater outlet for the Corcoran, Central, Bryant, and Northrop neighborhoods, as well as the park's golf course.
[9] Following a 2014 flood that caused extensive damage to the course, and the subsequent discovery of unpermitted groundwater pumping,[10] the park board embarked on the development of a new master plan for the site.