Lake Lanier Drought photos

Here's a compilation of lake lanier photos taken around lake lanier islands on november 11 2007. the first few photos are an old wooden boat. Some interesting finds include several engine block clusters, sleeper sofa, picnic table, car batteries, old Gainesville race track grandstands, and oh yeah -- lots of budweiser cans and Jack Daniels bottles :) Music by Slightly Stoopid -- Jimi

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• sunken
• boats
• old
• gainesville
• race
• track
• engine
• blocks
• lake
• lanier
• drought

[Jbqb20]

Are you gonna do a follow-up from same locations with current normal lake level as a before/after type thing?

[scottz06]

@Jbqb20 Good idea, not sure how hard it will be to get back to most of those spots with the water high though.

[anvil357]

I wonder why someone would dump old flathead engine blocks in the lake?

[scottz06]

@anvil357 They used to use those engine blocks to anchor 30+ slip docks many years ago. Now they use giant concrete blocks which are a lot more environmentally friendly.

[Nfarce]

I was there about the same time in November but took pics mostly on the south side near Long Hollow Park. I'll do something similar in response here. There are lots of fishing lures around too. That old sunk outboard tri-hull looks like a model from the 1960s. You think anyone will start a clean up project now? Where the hell are these so-called caring environmentalists? Drinking lattes at Starbucks? Anyway, I hope to recover my $110 Ray Bans and $175 Varnets lost in the '90s while drunk :p .

[scottz06]

I look foward to your video response. Isn't it funny how you forget you're wearing sun glasses when you're drunk :O. Same happened here!

[snipeboomyurded]

I remember walkin around the dried up parts of the lake during that drought. It was pretty wicked.

[angelhottie97084]

I live close to the Lake and it's rlly not a great sight and it's not fun swimming in a big Lake without water!!!!

[RAMNESS]

Very cool pics! I remember going to several parks on Lake Lanier back then and collecting lots of old bottles, one was a very old beer bottle that was still sealed. I went down to the race track grandstands, was sad to see that kids had broken many of the steps that had survived underwater. Old Federal campground was nice, Off the beach area was the foundation for a house and many tree stumps with roots exposed.The wood from the house was gone but there were still many rusty nails left behind.

[snickerstorino]

engine blocks could use some rusteeze cachuga cachuga!

[iranianoilbourse3]

Urumje drought been created by HAARP a tool that american neoconservatives have to create drought and famine. The same people are behind democracy and human rights projects.

[gregwddriver]

Scrap metal is up. Somebody could make a few bucks on that stuff.

[brookieboo523]

I will be there tomorrow glad we don't still have a drout!

[aaroninatlanta]

Interesting....I was there at that time also and saw that sunken motor boat at the Lake Lanier Islands boat ramp. Along with a lot of other junk along the shore. 

[MrDieselmaniac]

a little wd-40 and those engines will be good as new

[sportfr3ak08]

@Slugger2351 There was a drought