“Last year, the trip sold out in a little more than two weeks,” said April Ingle, executive director of Georgia River Network (GRN), “this year’s response surpassed all expectations. It’s a hot ticket – almost as hot as a Rolling Stones concert.” What, pray tell, is …
Category: Kayaking
Progress on Lake Lanier’s Don Carter State Park
Don Carter State Park on Lake Lanier. Don’t be surprised if you’ve never heard of it — it’s still under construction. Don’t be surprised if it’s your favorite place on the lake in a few years. Don Carter State Park — named in honor of Don …
DNR Ranger of the Year Serves Lake Lanier
Lake Lanier is protected by rangers assigned by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ Wildlife Resources Division. It should be no surprise that the best lake in Georgia — Lake Lanier — is home to the 2012 State Ranger of the Year. DNR Ranger Cpl. Jason …
Clarks Bridge to be Replaced
The new bridge that will be built over the Chattahoochee River near the 1996 Olympic Rowing Venue on State Route 284/Clarks Bridge Road will do more than shuttle motor vehicles over the water. If you have ever attended an event at Clarks Bridge Park or …
Lake Lanier is Rising Up!
After a scary storm in late January, Lake Lanier is rising up! Torrential rain from Wednesday, January 30, 2013 in our region — which spawned a deadly tornado in Adairsville, 60 miles northwest of Atlanta — is flowing into Lake Lanier under sunny skies. Full pool during …
Fishing Boat Hits Rowing Shell on Lake Lanier
Rowing is an elegant sport. It’s marvelous to watch sportsmen working in unison as they glide a shell of a boat — that appears to be a large pencil cut in half from end to end — across Lake Lanier or the Chattahoochee River. Spectators often wonder …
Lake Lanier’s Corps of Engineers Website
I have good news and I have bad news. First, the bad news. All your old links to Lake Lanier’s Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Web pages are toast. Broken. 404. Vaporized and otherwise lost. Sorry. Here’s the good news! The USACE has updated …
Special Event Permits for Lake Lanier
You and I are not as rich as rich people, so we probably won’t ever face the enormous struggle of trying to rent Lake Lanier for our own personal party. But if we win the lottery or figure out how to turn kudzu into gold, …
Database of Open Boat Ramps on Lake Lanier
Our friend Nick Baggett — US Army Corps of Engineers’ (USACE) Lake Lanier Natural Resource Manager — kindly sent lakelanier.com links to the updated USACE website. Nick’s help makes the search for open boat ramps on Lake Lanier a simple process. You won’t have to rely on rumors …
Open Boat Ramps on Lake Lanier
Five years ago today, Lake Lanier sunk (sank?) to its lowest level — 1,050.79 feet above sea level. Today, Lake Lanier stands at 1057.28, according to USLakes.info. That’s 12.72 feet below “winter full pool” — even though USLakes.info says Lanier is down 13.72 feet. Depending …