Quote Originally Posted by Jimmy B
accually there are 3 towns, remember in the 30', 40's towns were alot smaller than they are now..

there is still buildings, town hall, stop signs, even the high school staium is still up.

all they did was relocate the cemetery, and agbout 30-75 feet from where the lake was "slated to stop" they cust and buldozed trees.


This is an urban legend. When the lake was built all wooden structures were torn down. There are very few buildings that remain at the bottom of Lanier. There is no football stadium at the bottom of this lake. Any tree that would stand higher then 30 feet from full pool was cut down to the 30 ft mark. There is still entire forests under the water. You can still find a few trees that stand above the water line. For some reason they left a cluster of trees out int he front of Young Deer creek that should be right at the surface now. All of the towns that were in the flood zone were very small. Cumming and Gainesville would of been where the high schools were. Another urban legend is the movie theatre at the bottom of the lake. Also there is no catfish the size of a VW in this lake either.