Now it has become one of the main places on Southsea seafront – always thronged with walkers, runners – and swans.
Nowadays a pedalo is the boat of choice for the lake, but as these pictures show it hasn’t always been this way, as rowing boats and even a miniature schooner are pictured.
1. Busy
Visit Canoe lake in the summer and there may be half a dozen boats, back pre-1936 there were a minimum 40 boats out. Photo: -
2. Row row row your boat
Canoe Lake in Southsea, in summer 1985.
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3. Flocks
Feeding the birds at Canoe Lake, Southsea, in June 1995. Photo: -
4. Feeding time
Swans being fed at Canoe Lake, Southsea, by Danny Courtney, Michael Courtney and Leanne Courtney from Landport, Portsmouth, while enjoying the Boxing Day sunshine with their mother Sue and aunt Sarah Courtney Picture: 4990-1 Photo: The News Archive