MarketWatch.com reported on February 14 that The LPA Group Inc. (LPA), a unit of Michael Baker Corp., has received supplements on existing contracts to replace three bridges over Lake Lanier on Route 369, west of Gainesville. The updated contracts with the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) …
Category: Lake Lanier Activities
“You Don’t Need a Weatherman to Know Which Way the Wind Blows” on Lake Lanier
OK. Maybe Bob Dylan didn’t have Lake Lanier in mind when he wrote those lyrics. Maybe. But for sailors, windsurfers and those who took a wrong turn rafting down the Mississippi, knowing which way the wind blows on Lake Lanier is of great concern. Don’t …
Clark’s Bridge Olympic Rowing Venue Hosed
Thank goodness not everything was created in order to be forgotten and trashed — like music from the 80s. Take, for example, fire hoses from the 80s. It’s not reliable enough for fighting fires, and fire hose museums are few and far between. Where most …
The Water Crisis is Not Over for Forsyth County
lakelanier.com thanks Patrick Fox of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution for this important update about Lake Lanier. “Atlanta’s near-death experience of losing Lake Lanier as a water source may have ended last summer, but the threat is not over for nearly 5 million area residents who rely …
“Road Test” of Cobalt 242 WSS on Lake Lanier
lakelanier.com is pleased to share this Boating World Magazine review of a boat tested on our own Lake Lanier. “Once we left the protected cove on Lake Lanier, one of Georgia’s largest lakes, and headed into open water where it was choppier than a karate tournament, …