Louisa County:
“County leaders are making waves over a state agency’s plans
to build a public boat launch at one of Lake Anna’s deadliest areas—Dike 3. Boaters
and anglers have long wanted public boat access in Louisa County, and the
Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries hopes to fill that need. And
while the idea of having a public boat launch on the Louisa side of the lake is
appealing to county leaders, neither they, law enforcement or appointed
advisors are at all supportive of this particular project because of its
location.
The peril at Dike 3, located on Moody Town Road (Rt. 622),
occurs when water from the warm side of the lake rushes into the cold side and
creates a strong ‘washing machine-like’ current. Last Memorial Day, a
six-year-old Richmond girl fell into the lake at the dike while her grandfather
was fishing. Dive teams spent several hours in the water before they recovered
her body.
At least two other drownings have occurred in the vicinity
of Dike 3. A 24-year-old Richmond man died while duck hunting in December of
1995 after his boat capsized near Dike 3, and a 51-year-old Henrico County man
died in February of 1996 when the boat he was in capsized near Dike 3 in the
area known as ‘The Quarry.’”
~Writes the Central
Virginian
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