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Abandoned houseboat removed from Lake Lanier
Deteriorating craft was left near Sunrise Cove Marina after owner died last year
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A barge follows two Tow Boat U.S. boats Thursday morning as they pull an abandoned houseboat to Balus Creek Park on Lake Lanier, completing an effort of nearly a year by the Lake Lanier Association. The boat’s owner was found deceased and the vessel was left moored in a cove near Flat Creek Road and began to take on water.
An abandoned houseboat on Lake Lanier got its much-needed attention Thursday when the sunken vessel found its new resting place in a Gainesville salvage yard. The Lake Lanier Association coordinated the boat’s removal with funds approved through the Georgia General Assembly that were matched by Hall County. The association’s executive director, Joanna Cloud, said the houseboat’s owner died without a next of kin and had no assets to the estate.