When I was growing up, this lagoon was covered with a gravel airfield. We'd sit in what was basically an abandoned parking lot to watch fireworks on Independence Day.
Luckily, forward thinking people intervened, and restored the area to a much better condition, and a haven for birds. (Amusingly, the lagoon has taken matters into its own hands, and has reshaped itself a few times, beyond where humans wished it to go... but it's all working out!)
