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Lake Lanier level highest since 2016

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Children play on what is usually a beach area Wednesday at West Bank Park. Recent rains have caused the lake to swell above summer full pool levels of 1,071.00. Thursday the levels were 1,073.80 - photo by Tracie Pike

Lake Lanier — Children play on what is usually a beach area Wednesday at West Bank Park. Recent rains have caused the lake to swell above summer full pool levels of 1,071.00. Thursday the levels were 1,073.80 - photo by Tracie Pike

For much of 2017, the concrete walkway around West Bank Park rose out of Lake Lanier by a few feet as the lake never reached full summer pool. On Wednesday, that walkway was under water.