HALL COUNTY, Ga. — The Hall County Fire Department found the body of a 35-year-old male who drowned in Lake Lanier.
Quincy Larae Finch, 35, of Gainesville, was transported to the DeKalb County Medical Examiner's Office for autopsy.
The Department of Natural Resources says it received a call just after 3 p.m. about a possible drowning at Gainesville Marina off Dawsonville Highway.
Fire officials say the man was at the lake with friends and family when he went under.
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The Hall County Fire Services Marine Rescue team completed its dive operations and turned the operation over to the Hall County Sheriff's Office Dive Team for recovery.
Crews say the busy Labor Day weekend traffic made the recovery effort more difficult.
"This is a very well-traveled area of the lake. It's a main thoroughfare to get from the north end of the lake to south end of the lake or vice versa. So its very heavy boat traffic, very heavy water action there. A lot of waves, believe it or not, even though it's a lake, a lot of big boats coming through there, so it is a difficult dive operation just because of the choppy surface," Capt. Zachary Brackett said.
Finch was located in 16 feet of water, approximately 40 yards from the shoreline.
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