The venue is accessible through Exhibition Place by two pedestrian bridges over Lake Shore Boulevard and the Martin Goodman Trail, which runs alongside the course.

For the Toronto 2015 Pan Am and Parapan Am Games, the facility hosted the triathlon, open-water swimming, waterskiing, and wakeboarding events.

In conjunction with adjacent section of Lake Shore Boulevard, the venue also hosted the seating and start/finish line for road cycling, marathon and the 20-kilometre race walk.

During the winter of 2005–2006, Waterfront Toronto upgraded 650 m of the western section of the channel to meet International Dragon Boat Federation standards to host the Dragon Boat Racing Club Crew World Championships on August 8 to the 13, 2006.

[4] Further upgrades to the eastern section of the channel took place in 2014 after Toronto was awarded the 2015 Pan American Games; 600 m of the south channel breakwater wall and other water’s-edge structures were restored to allow required wave attenuation for current International Waterski & Wakeboard Federation waterski and wakeboard international competition standards.