Cursed Waters Await: Face Lanier's Ghosts and Reclaim History!
Sat, Nov 01
|Lake Lanier, Georgia, USA


Time & Location
Nov 01, 2025, 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Lake Lanier, Georgia, USA
About the event
A thrilling yet reflective 2-hour evening boat ride across Lake Lanier, often dubbed one of America's most haunted bodies of water due to its tragic origins. Riders will delve into the lake's dark past, including the 1912 racial expulsion of over 1,000 Black residents from Oscarville—a thriving Black community in Forsyth County—following violent mobs incited by the murder of Mae Crow. This event turned the area into a "sundown county" where Black people were unwelcome for generations, culminating in the 1950s flooding of Oscarville and its cemeteries to create the reservoir, displacing communities and submerging graves amid construction tragedies that claimed lives. With over 700 reported deaths since the lake's creation, tales abound of the "Lady of the Lake" apparition, ghostly sightings of drowned souls, and unexplained phenomena like sudden fog or eerie underwater lights—stories that some believe have been exaggerated over time to perpetuate systemic racism, deterring Black visitors…
