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The myth of deadly Lake Lanier: numbers show fluctuation, not upward trend, of deaths on water
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A 23-year-old Florida man went missing in this area near Three Sisters Island over the weekend after falling off a pontoon boat and never resurfacing. Though there may be a myth of deaths on Lake Lanier increasing over time, numbers instead show fluctuations. - photo by Jim Dean
Lake Lanier is touted as an oasis set in the center of a busy, fast-growing metro region, a place to escape the pavement and cool off on the water.