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2011 Map of Buford Dam

Name: 2011 Topographic Map of Buford Dam
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2011
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2011

About this map

Lake Sidney Lanier dominates the landscape of this Gwinnett County region, its fingers reaching into several former creek valleys and creating an intricate shoreline of points and access areas. The massive Buford Dam controls the flow of the Chattahoochee River at the south end of the lake, while the nearby Buford State Trout Hatchery and Buford Dam Park reflect the area's development into a major recreational and resource-management hub.

Genealogists and local historians can find many legacy landmarks preserved among the modern lakeside developments. Numerous burial grounds such as Antioch Cemetery, Bethel Cemetery, and Haw Creek Cemetery remain as markers of the area's earlier rural community. Further north, the Ebenezer Airport and the Mashburn Mill Dam on Sawnee Creek suggest the diverse industrial and transportation history of the region before the reservoir's full expansion.