Georgia’s Lake Country’s rich, abundant history dates all the way back to 1929.
Georgia Power began harnessing the Oconee River into a 15,300-acre reservoir with construction of Sinclair Dam in 1929. In 1930, work suspended during the Great Depression and World War II. Construction resumed in 1945 and in 1953 the 45,000-kilowatt (60,000 hp) hydroelectric generating station was completed. The result of the dam was 417 miles of winding shoreline and vast stretches of open waters, Lake Sinclair. In 1979, Georgia Power completed construction of another hydroelectric plant north of Lake Sinclair along the Oconee River, Wallace Dam. The resulting reservoir is 374 miles of wooded shoreline with a surface area of 19,971-acres, Lake Oconee.
The sister lakes are surrounded by four communities, Eatonton, Greensboro, Madison and Milledgeville. The completion of the lakes brought tourism, recreation, development, and a travel destination. In 1999, “Georgia’s Lake Country” a cooperative marketing alliance formed for the purpose of promoting travel and tourism to Lakes Oconee and Sinclair and the surrounding communities.
Georgia Power began harnessing the Oconee River into a 15,300-acre reservoir with construction of Sinclair Dam in 1929. In 1930, work suspended during the Great Depression and World War II. Construction resumed in 1945 and in 1953 the 45,000-kilowatt (60,000 hp) hydroelectric generating station was completed. The result of the dam was 417 miles of winding shoreline and vast stretches of open waters, Lake Sinclair.
In 1979, Georgia Power completed construction of another hydroelectric plant north of Lake Sinclair along the Oconee River, Wallace Dam. The resulting reservoir is 374 miles of wooded shoreline with a surface area of 19,971-acres, Lake Oconee.
The sister lakes are surrounded by four communities, Eatonton, Greensboro, Madison and Milledgeville. The completion of the lakes brought tourism, recreation, development, and a travel destination. In 1999, “Georgia’s Lake Country” a cooperative marketing alliance formed for the purpose of promoting travel and tourism to Lakes Oconee and Sinclair and the surrounding communities.
Georgia Power began harnessing the Oconee River into a 15,300-acre reservoir with construction of Sinclair Dam in 1929. In 1930, work suspended during the Great Depression and World War II. Construction resumed in 1945 and in 1953 the 45,000-kilowatt (60,000 hp) hydroelectric generating station was completed. The result of the dam was 417 miles of winding shoreline and vast stretches of open waters, Lake Sinclair. In 1979, Georgia Power completed construction of another hydroelectric plant north of Lake Sinclair along the Oconee River, Wallace Dam. The resulting reservoir is 374 miles of wooded shoreline with a surface area of 19,971-acres, Lake Oconee.
The sister lakes are surrounded by four communities, Eatonton, Greensboro, Madison and Milledgeville. The completion of the lakes brought tourism, recreation, development, and a travel destination. In 1999, “Georgia’s Lake Country” a cooperative marketing alliance formed for the purpose of promoting travel and tourism to Lakes Oconee and Sinclair and the surrounding communities.