We regret, once again, to inform you of a drowning on Lake Lanier. On Labor Day, September 3, 2012, Kyle James Miller, 25, of Doraville, Georgia, was swimming with friends near Van Pugh Park North, off Gaines Ferry Road in Flowery Branch, when he went …
Category: Swimming
Skogies — Fine Enough Dining on Lake Lanier
The one thing that Lake Lanier needs — besides more water — is more lakeside restaurants. Skogies Lakeside Restaurant on Lake Lanier gets my vote for the best waterfront eatery on the north end of the lake … maybe the entire lake. My visit was …
Labor Day Weekend Weather for Lake Lanier
Weather forecasts for the Labor Day weekend on Lake Lanier call for a 30-40% chance of scattered thunderstorms with daily highs in the mid- to upper-80s. Summer might be officially over, but that’s perfect summer weather for many places. Click Here for the Five-Day Lake Lanier …
Lake Lanier: 1 Body Found & 1 Body Missing
Yet again we report a death at Lake Lanier. Police in Gainesville were called to the Lake Lanier Club Apartments on Dawsonville Highway Friday evening around 7:30 PM due to the report of a body found on the shore of Lake Lanier behind the apartment …
Drowning in Lake Lanier
Several trustworthy news media are reporting a drowning on Lake Lanier. AJC.com and Channel 2 News in Atlanta are quoting DNR spokesman Sgt. Mike Burgamy as saying metro Atlanta resident Jeffrey Nause, 44, dove into Lake Lanier from a sailboat that was near Lake Lanier Islands shortly …
Win $100 Prize for Best Shore Sweep T-Shirt
The best T-shirt has already been created, but here’s your chance to come up with the world’s second best design — and earn $100 for your effort. Put on your artist’s beret and start working on your ideas for Lake Lanier Association’s 2012 Shore Sweep …
Temporary Closure of War Hill Park Boat Ramp
Dawson County’s Buffie Hamil confirmed with lakelanier.com that War Hill Park — located on War Hill Park Road, off Hwy 53 East — will be closed for 24 hours so that the US Army can conduct a training exercise. War Hill Park’s parking lot and boat ramps will …
Forrest Wood Update and Correction
We want to clear up a couple of errors in our August 8th story about the Forrest Wood Cup fishing tournament on Lake Lanier. • Forty-six of America’s best professional bass fishermen are in the tournament, not 78. • The top prize given to the …
Forrest Wood Cup — The Super Bowl of Fishing
The Forrest Wood Cup is the “Super Bowl of Fishing.” Seventy-eight of the greatest professional fishermen are going lunker hunting in Lake Lanier the weekend of August 9th through the 12th, vying for the Forrest Wood cup. After every bass is caught and weighed, the …
Drowning on Lake Lanier
Bolding Mill Park was the scene of Lake Lanier’s latest drowning on Monday, August 6, 2012, when a 25-year-old man from Gainesville died while swimming. Melissa Cummings, from the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, said Spencer Obe Dye began to struggle while swimming with a friend. …