Lake Lanier

Lake Lanier (officially Lake Sidney Lanier) is a manmade lake 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 or 153.8km² of water, and 692 miles or 1114km of shoreline at normal level, a "full summer pool" of 1071.0 feet or 326.4 meters AMSL. It was named for poet Sidney Lanier, and was built and is operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. It is patrolled by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources (GDNR).

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Lake - U.S. state - Georgia - Buford Dam - Chattahoochee River - 1956 - Water - Chestatee River - Acre - Km² - Mile - Km - Shore - AMSL - Poet - Sidney Lanier - U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Patrol - Georgia Department of Natural Resources - GDNR

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The lake is in Hall, Forsyth, Dawson, and Gwinnett counties, by about 60%, 30%, 5%, and 5% respectively, filling the valley into numerous small arms and fingers. The former thalweg of the Chestatee and the Chattahoochee south of it form the county line between Hall and a tiny corner of Gwinnett to the east, and Dawson and Forsyth to the west.

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Hall - Forsyth - Dawson - Gwinnett - Counties - Valley - Thalweg - County line

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It is extremely popular with boaters, houseboats, jetskiers and others, particularly around the summer holidays. Over 7.5 million people per year visit the lake, including its marinas and the Lake Lanier Islands waterpark. It was used for the rowing events at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Much of Gwinnett's drinking water is also taken from the lake, after filtering out much of the treated wastewater which also goes into it. Requested permits to take more water out for the growing northeast metro Atlanta area, and to dump more of its wastewater in have triggered lawsuits recently.

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Boater - Houseboat - Jetski - Summer - Holiday - Marina - Lake Lanier Islands - Waterpark - Rowing - 1996 Summer Olympics - Drinking water - Filter - Wastewater - Permit - Metro Atlanta - Lawsuit

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