[1] It is the home to many natural wildlife including several species of birds and fish.
Weed Lake is located about 20 km (12 miles) east of Calgary, immediately north-east of Langdon.
It is a 600 ha (1,500 acres) wetland that is regionally important as waterfowl habitat.
Organizations involved in acquiring the land and restoring the lake were led by Ducks Unlimited and include the Calgary Field Naturalists' Society.
[2] In 2015 students of Sarah Thompson School, assisted by local wildlife experts, identified the following list of species at Weed Lake:[3][4] (It has been reported elsewhere that 172 species of bird have been observed at Weed Lake.