We regret to inform you of a drowning on Lake Lanier that occurred on Sunday, June 23, 2013, the second full day of summer. GA Department of Natural Resources Ranger Sgt. Mike Burgamy notified lakelanier.com at 4:35 PM that a 33-year-old white male from Lawrenceville …
Category: Boating
Stacey Dickson: Lake Lanier’s Answer Lady
Winners of the Jeopardy! quiz show know less about Lake Lanier than our friend, Stacey Dickson. Stacey is the president of the Lake Lanier Convention & Visitors Bureau. She is simply perfect for that influential position. Could Stacey correctly respond to this Jeopardy! question? This …
Boat Explosion on Lake Lanier was ‘Accidental’
Father’s Day strayed significantly off course for three people aboard a wooden 1957 Chris-Craft boat near Lake Lanier’s Buford Dam Park. The boat exploded and was consumed by flames. Prior to that, it was a beautiful day indeed. Authorities with Gwinnett County’s fire department say …
Will the Corps ‘Divest or Lease’ Parks on Lake Lanier?
There was a time when the word “budget” brought to mind folks who were poor and couldn’t afford goods and services that the rest of us took for granted. Now, if you’re not on some sort of budget you’re probably headed for financial doom when your …
GA DNR’s Floodplain Management Office Newsletter
The latest edition of The Index has been released by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ Floodplain Management Office. This informative newsletter will be especially interesting to those who pay attention to the issues surrounding the Upper Chattahoochee River Basin (UCRB) Project. The UCRB Project is …
Boat Explodes on Lake Lanier
“An antique wooden boat going up in flames,” is how one observer described the scene yesterday, Sunday, June 16, 2013, when a boat exploded and caught fire on Lake Lanier near Buford Dam Park. A caller to 911 also told authorities the boat exploded and began …
Next ‘Boating Safely Course’ on Lanier: July 13th
U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 29’s Public Affairs Officer Roy Crittenden told lakelanier.com today that about 180 people have taken their Boating Safely course since February 2013. He is thrilled with that number, but it’s not high enough. Officer Crittenden wants you to take the …
Lake Lanier Islands is Hiring
Now that there’s actually water in Lake Lanier, everybody is swarming to the lake. Lanier is one of America’s most popular lakes, mostly because there is nothing as beautiful and/or inviting in many other states — especially the flat and wheaty ones that are in the …
Southern Living Loves Lake Lanier (Of Course)
Southern Living Magazine chose wisely. Our own Lake Lanier was listed among the 20 best lakes in the South in one of their recent editions. Are we surprised Lake Lanier made the list? Heavens, no. Are we surprised they mentioned all the other, lesser, lakes? …
Learn to Row, Row, Row on Lake Lanier
There’s more to rowing a boat than effortlessly floating gently down your average stream, although that’s a fun way to spend a few hours with a favorite friend or two. Rowing is one of the most elegant of Olympic sports. Teams — called “crews” …