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Visitors crowd Lake Lanier over Labor Day weekend
25-year-old Doraville man drowns swimming to island
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Jack Spencer, right, pulls his boat out of Lake Lanier for the season on Monday afternoon because the lake level has gotten so low. Stacey Kenyon, in the boat, signals that the boat is lined up with the trailer. - photo by J. Bryan Stiles
Boaters and law enforcement took to the lake in droves over the mostly quiet holiday weekend, traditionally marking the end of the summer season for lake-goers. And, officials said, the traffic on Lanier Saturday and Sunday was likely greater than Labor Day weekends in the past. But the fun was dampened at Van Pugh Park North when a 25-year-old Doraville man drowned trying to swim to an island.