United States, Georgia, Elbert County, 34.11679, -82.84011708/2022One of two major recreational parks in Elbert County, Bobby Brown State Park marks the site of the old town of Petersburg, which is under the waters of Clarks Hill Lake.Photograph of a scene from Bobby Brown State Park, which is located at Clarks Hill Lake (also known as J. Strom Thurmond Lake). Faded red canoes sit by the shore of the lake.This park marks the site where the town of Petersburg, Georgia used to be, before it was covered by the lake in the 1950s. A stand of trees grows on the shore of the lake.image/jpeghttp://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/petersburgForms part of: New Georgia Encyclopediahttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/petersburgForms part of: New Georgia EncyclopediaParks--Georgia--Elbert CountyTrees--Georgia--Elbert CountyCanoes--Georgia--Elbert CountyLakes--Georgia--Elbert CountyJ. Strom Thurmond Lake (Ga. and S.C.)Bobby Brown State ParkStillImage