Right to Hike’s Ella’s 5K & Fun Run: 10-19-13

Our friends at Right to Hike, Inc. hope to see you at their 6th Annual Ella’s 5K & Fun Run, presented by Georgia’s Own Credit Union. This year’s event will be held on Saturday, October 19, 2013, beginning at 9 AM at the Gwinnett Environmental and …

Drowning at Lake Lanier’s Sunset Cove

We regret to inform you of the drowning death of Shaquille Marquise Connor-Blunt, age 20, of College Park, Georgia, on Tuesday, September 17, 2013. According to Melissa Cummings of Georgia’s Department of Natural Resources, Mr. Connor-Blunt and two friends were attempting to swim from the beach …

Historic Sportscar Racing at Road Atlanta

Here’s your big chance to blow the dust off your old car and go racing! No, you cannot race your old beater, but it might get you all the way to Road Atlanta, not far from Chateau Elan in South Hall. This weekend, September 19-22, 2013, …

It’s Dragon Boat Weekend on Lake Lanier

The 18th Annual Atlanta Dragon Boat Festival is scheduled for Saturday, September 14, 2013, at the Olympic Rowing Venue on Lake Lanier. Sorry, but you won’t have time to create your own dragon boat, if you don’t have one already.  The 39-foot teakwood (or fiberglass) racers take …

9th Annual Fall Horse Camp

Some kids like dolls and some kids like to play in the mud, but the coolest kids like to ride horses. Lake Lanier Islands invites all the cool kids to the 9th Annual Fall Horse Camp scheduled during Thanksgiving school vacation: Monday — Wednesday, November …

2013 Sprint World Championship Results

A day after finishing 14th in women’s K-2 500m, Maggie Hogan (Oklahoma City, Okla.) and Kaitlyn McElroy (Oklahoma City, Okla.) placed 15th in the 200m distance. They placed 6th in their 200m B Final with a time of 40.574, which was +1.042 seconds behind the …

Lake Lanier in World Championship Races

It took 16 years for the Lanier Canoe and Kayak Club to produce it’s first Olympian in Tim Hornsby who competed at the 2012 Games and is racing this weekend at the 2013 ICF ParaCanoe World Championships in Germany. New USA Canoe/Kayak Sprint High Performance …

Lake Lanier Fishing Trip for Wounded Warriors

The official homepage of the United States Army — www.Army.Mil — shared a bit of good news about Lake Lanier. The Georgia chapter of Safari Club International will treat Soldiers from the Warrior Transition Battalion, veterans and their families to a free weekend fishing excursion …