10 Things You Might Not Know About Lake Lanier

Lake Lanier adds $5.5 billion to Georgia's economy every year.
Lakefront house prices have risen by around 1000% in the last 20 years.
Currently, there are 10,300 docks on Lake Lanier. The Corps will only allow 315 more.
8 million people visit the lake each year.
15,000 people live on the lake.
Lake Lanier supplies drinking water to 65 percent of Georgia's population.
The lake dropped to 1052.7 feet in December 1981. Thats fifteen feet below where it is today.
Lake Lanier was almost built much further south in Roswell, but the final choice was Gwinnett County because fewer people would be displaced.
It costs $45 million to build the lake and Buford Dam. The government now spends that much and more every ten minutes.
Its the best place in Georgia to enjoy a weekend away!