The empty boat was discovered ... Sinclair just to the south. Underwater timber still stands from when the Oconee River basin was flooded to build the lake nearly half a century ago.

“There’s like three or four boats that are still underwater that are ... according to an email sent to boat owners by harbor boating operator Boating Lake Mead. One boat owner was hospitalized ...

two-seater fishing boat and ventured some 8 miles down the lake. Their cellphones last “pinged” at about 5 p.m., and their empty craft was spotted by passing boaters less than half an hour later.