Resident Cited After Boat Sinks at Hickory Log Creek Reservoir

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A boat owner has been cited for violating several ordinances related to his boat sinking late last week at the Hickory Log Creek Reservoir in Canton.

Officers with the Canton Police Department responded to the reservoir around 8 p.m. Friday, April 10 in reference to a person reportedly having problems with his boat. Officers arrived onto the scene and found the owner of the boat, 22-year-old James Cosby of Ball Ground, sitting on the ramp.

The boat owner stated the “boat began to take on water,” which forced him to swim to shore, the agency wrote on its blog.

The following day, Canton police said the boat was discovered roughly 20 yards off shore by divers with the Canton Police Department and the Cobb County-Marietta Water Authority.

The divers attached a cable onto the sunken boat, and it was pulled out by Mauldin’s Wrecker Service, the department said.

Cosby was cited for operating boat with insufficient personal floatation devices; operating a boat without required equipment; disobeying a posted notice prohibiting gas-motored boats; disobeying posted notice regarding requirements of paying ramp fees; disobeying posted notice regarding being in park after hours; and operating an unregistered vehicle without current plate.

The reservoir is located near the intersection of Fate Conn Road and Bluffs Parkway. It was built by the city of Canton on land leased to the city by Technology Park Atlanta.

Photo credits: Canton Police Department