It is located between Lemieux Island and the Chief William Commanda Bridge on the west and LeBreton Flats on the east.

[3] During a typhoid fever epidemic at the time, tests taken from drinking water from the bay showed that it was contaminated with pollution.

[4] Plans to build a pipeline to carry treated water over the bay as a bridge was dismissed as a "wild undertaking".

[5] In 1938, following complaints of "nude bathing" at the bay, the city entertained the possibility of establishing a public beach at the site.

[6] The southern half of the bay (40 acres) was in-filled with garbage[7] from excavation work on government projects between 1962 and 1965[8] by the National Capital Commission.