People brought to Silver Lake for animal exhibition (9)
I believe the answer is:
menagerie
'animal exhibition' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'people brought to silver lake' is the wordplay.
'people' becomes 'men' (man is a kind of person).
'brought to' says to put letters next to each other.
'silver' becomes 'ag' (Ag is the chemical symbol for silver).
'lake' becomes 'erie' (Lake Erie is one of the Canadian/US 'Great Lakes').
'men'+'ag'+'erie'='MENAGERIE'
'for' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for menagerie that I've seen before include "Collection of wild animals in cages" , "Beastly lot" , "A collection of wild animals in captivity" , "Assembly of animals" , "Animal exhibition" .)