 Swans and mallard are frequent visitors, with less frequent visits from tufted duck, Mediterranean gull, cormorant, little grebe and occasionally a lone black swan.Pedalos can be rented on the lake in the summer.Since 2006 Canoe Lake has been a venue for the Lake of Lights Memorial Service, held each December, when thousands of lights are floated on the lake to commemorate loved ones in the local community who have been lost to cancer.