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Lake Lanier is located in North Georgia, just 60 miles from the state capitol of Atlanta. The 692 miles of shoreline borders the following five counties: Hall, Forsyth, Dawson, Lumpkin and Gwinnett County.

Lake Lanier opened in 1957 after construction was completed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Today, Lake Lanier is a multi-purpose lake that is still operated by the Corps of Engineers.

Did you know that the depth of Lake Lanier at Buford Dam is 211 feet. That’s deeper than the Statue of Liberty is tall.

Lake Lanier covers an area of more than 39,000 acres of water and is comprised of 692 miles of shoreline.

Lake Lanier plays host to more than eight million annual visitors with 68 parks and recreation areas, twelve campgrounds with more than 1,200 campsites, ten full-service marinas with restaurants, gas docks, pump-out stations and boat storage.

Construction on Buford Dam began in 1951 and was completed in 1956 at a total cost $45 million. Today, estimates of the economic impact of Lake Lanier exceed $5.5 billion annually, based on a study conducted by the Marine Trade Association of Metropolitan Atlanta in 2000.

More than $96 million in electricity has been produced by the powerhouse generators located at Buford Dam since 1957.

During the five years it took Lake Lanier to reach its full pool depths of 1,072 feet above sea level, entire towns were consumed by the lake, like Oscarville on the Forsyth County side, bridges, old county roads, racetracks such as Looper Speedway off Laurel Park, and other lakes as well, such as Lake Warner off the end of Riverside Drive and old Chattahoochee Park, just down the hill from American Legion Post 7 headquarters.