The smaller of the two piers in Port Dalhousie has been used as a staging area for most of the Hamilton–Scourge survey expeditions to the wreck sites, since the early 1980s.

Neil Peart gave some insight regarding the song:[3] In my early teens I achieved every Port kid’s dream: a summer job at Lakeside Park.

I can't go back beyond 2112 really, because that starts to get a bit hairy for me, and if I hear "Lakeside Park" on the radio I cringe.

Still, I don't regret anything that I've done.In June 2020, the city of St. Catharines announced that a pavilion in Lakeside Park would be named after Neil Peart.

In a 2016 interview with Guitar World, Lee reaffirmed his distaste for the song, but agreed to include it in the setlist when Lifeson expressed interest.