Observer-Reporter/Jim McNutt A fisherman fixes his line as he drifts across Canonsburg Lake in his kyak while fishing Monday morning, March 14, 2011. Not suprisingly, he was the only fisherman to brave the chilly morning temperatures. at te lake.

Jim McNutt/Observer-Reporter Three geese with tails up fish for their food at Canonsburg lake in the summer.

Jim McNutt/Observer-Reporter Two of three Great Blue Heron perch on a log looking for fish at Canonsburg Lake.

Observer-Reporter/Jim McNutt Carl Denson of Bethel Park took advantage of the unseasonably warm sunny weather and headed to Canonsburg Lake in Peters Township to catch trout. He is silhouetted against the bright blue sky as he check his line for a bite.

A couple paddle their canoe toward a boat ramp amid a colorful sunset on Canonsburg Lake Saturday July 9, 2005. Published July 13, 2005.

Jim McNutt/Observer-Reporter Two geese on a log at Canonsburg Lake in 2004.

Observer-Reporter/Jim McNutt No greater satisfaction can be had by a grandfather, Mason Johnson of Washington than giving his grandson, Tony Armstead, 5, his first lesson in casting while fishing at Canonsburg Lake on July 25, 2008.

Observer-Reporter/Jim McNutt Crusing just above Chartiers Creek behind Canonsburg Dam a Great Blue heron glides silently towards the spillway, May 12, 2010 in North Strabane Township.

Jim McNutt/Observer-Reporter A family of ducks follows single file across Canonsburg Lake.

Four ducks swim quietly across Canonsburg Lake as the sun sets on saturday evening as the sun sets.

Observer-Reporter/Jim McNutt Boaters line up to shove off at Canonsburg Lake located in Peters and North Strabane Townships for the first day of the 2010 trout season. Dozens of other anglers in their boats and on shore jockeyed for position more than an hour beforethe 8 a.m. start.

Observer-Reporter/Jim McNutt Walter Strawn of Houston works to adjust his daughter's former computer chair now officially the "captain's chair" of his boat as his grandson, Franklin Evans, 12, prepares to shove off at Canonsburg Lake on the first day of the 2010 trout season.

Jim McNutt/Observer-Reporter A blue heron with a fresh fish in his mouth heads for land to eat his breakfast at Canonsburg Lake in Peters Township in June 2011

Jim McNutt/Observer-Reporter Two men in a boat on Canonsburg Lake while in th middle of a bank of fog in the early 80's.

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Jim McNutt/Observer-Reporter A great blue heron, one of several spotted in the area, takes off on Canonsburg Lake on August 25, 2009.

Jim McNutt/Observer-Reporter Two fishermen are silhouetted against the water aand other boaters come and go on an ewarly evening sunset.

Jim McNutt/Observer-Reporter While the other geese watch a goose takes the first step into Canonsburg Lake in 2011.

Jim McNutt/Observer-Reporter Baby ducks on a log with their mother at Canonsburg Lake as the sun begins to set IN 2009.