High water on Lake Lanier and debris floating into the lake are closing parks and endangering boaters.
High Water on Lake Lanier Closes Parks
Category: Lanier Canoe & Kayak Club
Lanier Canoe and Kayak Club’s Polar Bear Plunge on January 1st
In the unforgettable words that typing instructor, Charles E. Weller, should have said, but didn’t: “Now is the time for all crazy people to come together to the aid of the Lanier Canoe and Kayak Club!”  Yes, friends, it’s time for the 2016 Polar Bear Plunge. …
The Old Clarks Bridge Goes BOOM!
If you’re ever on Jeopardy! and the answer is “They blew it up.” Here’s the correct question: “What happened to the old Clarks Bridge in Gainesville, Alex?” Yup. After months of construction delays, detours, noise, mud and watching big machines go Bang!!, the original bridge was …
Lake Lanier Olympic Venue Groundbreaking Ceremony
Dignitaries assembled at the Lake Lanier Olympic Venue (LLOV) to turn over more than a new leaf on November 12, 2015.  They congregated for the groundbreaking ceremony in honor of the renovations coming to the site at Clarks Bridge Park on Lake Lanier. Venue Manager Morgan House …
Lanier Canoe & Kayak Club Paddlers Vie for Olympics
The Lanier Canoe & Kayak Club (LCKC) has retained the glory of the Lake Lanier Olympic Venue, where visitors from around the world experienced the 1996 Olympic Games. Members of LCKC honor the club’s global reputation for excellence.  A few are in Milan, Italy, preparing for the ICF Flatwater …
Local Athletes Paddle in 2015 Pan American Games
Our friends with the Lake Lanier Canoe Kayak Club (LCKC) will have their paddles in the water in Toronto, Canada, at the Pam American Games.  We know they’ll make us proud. LCKC’s Brenda Miller tells us the USA Canoe/Kayak and the United States Olympic Committee named …
Lanier Canoe and Kayak Club Paddlers Pass Competitors
Our pal Brenda Miller from the Lake Lanier Canoe and Kayak Club (LCKC) shared some good news with us about how our local paddlers fared at the USA Canoe/Kayak Sprint National Team Trials recently held in Oklahoma City. According to Brenda, seven of the eleven paddlers …
Lake Lanier Canoe and Kayak Club & U.S. National Team Trials
Our pal Brenda Miller tells lakelanier.com that paddlers from the Lake Lanier Canoe and Kayak Club (LCKC) are among those headed to Oklahoma City for the US National Team Trials on April 24-25, 2015. Twenty-one paddlers who call Lanier Canoe and Kayak Club their home team …
“Paddle-Ability” for Disabled Veterans at Lanier Canoe & Kayak Club
Our friends at the Lanier Canoe and Kayak Club (LCKC) are beginning a new program this spring for para-canoe. It’s the “Paddle-ability” program and it will meet on Saturdays throughout the year. Paddle-ability will introduce paddle-sport opportunities to disabled veterans in our community.  The focus will be on each person’s ability …
Lake Lanier Polar Bear Plunge New Year’s Day 2015
Don’t just tell your in-laws to go jump in a lake — go with them! There’s room for one and all on New Year’s Day at the Polar Bear Plunge! The chilly fun takes place at the rowing club at the Lake Lanier Olympic Venue …