Lake Hartwell, a human-made reservoir created with the completion of the Hartwell Dam in 1962, is a pillar of recreation and leisure for the Clemson student body, as well as residents of both Georgia and Upstate South Carolina.
But there’s another side to Hartwell’s calm waters and sandy beaches.
It remains the deadliest Upstate lake, claiming more than 111 lives since 1993, according to the Corps of Engineers report. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is the group that originally created the dam for flood control, hydropower and navigation…