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Lake Lanier (officially Lake Sidney Lanier) is a reservoir in the northern portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. It was created by the completion of Buford Dam on the Chattahoochee River in 1956, and is also fed by the waters of the Chestatee River. The lake encompasses 38,000 acres (15,000 ha) or 59 sq mi (150 km 2) of water, and 692 mi (1,114 ...
Oscarville is supposedly one of multiple "drowned towns" beneath Lake Lanier. [11] Local legend alleges Lake Lanier to be haunted. [12] One commonly claimed reason for the supposed haunting is the high number of drowning deaths, [3] with over 500 deaths between the lake's formation and 2021. [5] 200 deaths occurred between 1994 and 2020. [13]
Lake Lanier Islands is a resort complex built on a small group of islands on Lake Lanier, the largest lake in Georgia, located 60 miles northeast of Atlanta, Georgia.The resort complex was established in 1974 and includes a hotel, water park, golf course, multiple conference and meeting venues, beaches, boat docks, and a number of other recreational amenities.
Lanier County is a county in the south central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 9,877. [2] The county seat is Lakeland. [3] The county is named after the Georgia poet Sidney Lanier. [4] Lanier County is part of the Valdosta, GA metropolitan statistical area.
Governing body. Georgia State Park. Don Carter State Park is a state park located in Hall County, Georgia, along the shores of Lake Lanier. It is the only state park along the shores of Lake Lanier. The park offers camping, hiking, and access to the adjacent lake, among other amenities. It was officially opened to the public in 2013.
Levels in Lake Lanier have gone up and down at times in its history, but the lake’s elevation has remained fairly steady so far this year, data from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers shows.
Chestatee River. Coordinates: 34°31′41″N 83°56′23″W. The Chestatee River (variant spellings Chestatie, Chestetee, Chostatee, Chosteta, Chestotee; [1] none in modern use) is a 32.76-mile-long (52.72 km) [2] river in the Appalachian Mountains of northern Georgia, USA. The word "Chestatee" is a Cherokee word meaning roughly "pine torch ...
Lake Lanier is 26 miles (42 km) long and covers approximately 47 miles (76 km) of riverbed [20] Lake Oconee is 20 miles (32 km) long and about a mile wide. [19] Other lakes in the state include Lake Acworth, Lake Allatoona, Lake Blackshear, Jackson Lake (Georgia), West Point Lake, High Falls, Lake Seminole, Lake Chatuge and Walter F. George Lake.