It’s also the region’s deadliest. More than 200 people have died at Lake Lanier between 1994 and 2022, according to USA Today and Georgia DNR, with most of the deaths attributed to drownings.

Lake Lanier is the largest lake in Georgia with more than 38,000 acres of water and over 690 miles of shoreline. The lake, which hosts several million visitors a year, was constructed by the U.S ...

After the Army Corps of Engineers closed several recreational spots along Lake Lanier right before Memorial Day, Georgia counties are still figuring out what the future will be for these parks as the ...

Lake Lanier is getting a new attraction! On Wednesday, Margaritaville at Lake Lanier Islands held a groundbreaking ceremony to announce their plans for this summer — a new water park.

About 216 people have died in the lake between 1994 and 2022, according to data from the Georgia Department of Natural Resources. During just one week in September 2023, three people died in the lake.

Lake Lanier has its share of boneheads. That’s the assessment of Trudy West, whose family has a 106-foot houseboat at the lake, as well as a runabout and a personal watercraft.

GAINESVILLE, Ga. (AP) — Federal officials are pausing a plan that could lead to new names for Georgia’s Lake Lanier and Buford Dam after locals objected to changing the monikers of landmarks ...

The Georgia DNR says Lake Lanier may be one of the busiest lakes east of the Mississippi for the Fourth of July weekend, and they want to make sure it is the safest.

Lake Lanier is Georgia’s biggest lake, created by a dam that submerged 38,000 acres of once habitable land, according to lakelanier.com.

Lake Lanier, the sprawling north Georgia reservoir that supplies most of metro Atlanta with its water, reached full pool level for the first time since September 2005. And then it kept rising ...

Reports show over 200 people have died at Lake Lanier between 1994 and 2022, with most of the deaths attributed to drownings. In 2023, there were 39 reported drownings at Lake Lanier.