Each year the park is transformed back into earlier years as one of the stops on the Fulton County Scenic Drive. Wallace Park was in the path of the very damaging tornado that struck Canton in 1975. First park purchased and developed by Park District in 1926. A scenic drive follows the gently rolling terrain in contrast to the adjacent urban thoroughfares. These beautiful floral displays really light up this square block park as the tree buds begin to emerge.
Annual flowers replace the tulips during the summer months.
The park offers an excellent viewing advantage for the annual Friendship Festival Parade that passes along its perimeter. Much cooperation between park, state and federal agencies and the private sector was needed to fulfill the idea to create Lakeland Park. The park is a showcase example of the recreational potential of reclaimed strip mined lands. Fulton County is very rich in history as a major coal mining area and Lakeland Park will always stand to remind future generations of that era. The Consolidation Coal Company donated the nearly 450 acres of land and water areas to the Park District and the park was then developed by state and federal grants.