Lake Leaside rainbow and who knew Leaside had a lake

Becky Allen White was tweeting last night about the rainbow she saw looking out to the east over Lake Leaside, that murky pond that fills the excavation site for a yet to be announced big box store. A couple of readers commented that they didn’t know Leaside had a lake. Of course it doesn’t. Lake Leaside is a bit whimsy made up by the The South Bayview Bulldog, harmlessly we hope. You have to say it looks a bit like a lake from the right angle. The owners, SmartCentre, are supposed to drain it but there were concerns that the City’s capacity to push that much water through the sewer system was an issue.