Lake Lanier is located about 50 miles northeast of Atlanta. It is the largest lake in Georgia with a nearly 700-mile shoreline, and is one of the busiest lakes in the Southeast.

A Fourth of July boat trip on a "haunted" Georgia resort lake -- where hundreds have faced untimely deaths spanning decades -- again turned tragic Saturday, after an explosion rocked the vessel ...

On July 4, 2025, two separate boat explosions on North Georgia lakes left at least ten people injured. The first explosion happened on Lake Lanier near the Margaritaville resorts in Hall County.