Bobby Brown State Park Parks--Georgia--Elbert County Trees--Georgia--Elbert County Canoes--Georgia--Elbert County Lakes--Georgia--Elbert County J. Strom Thurmond Lake (Ga. and S.C.) 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. New Georgia Encyclopedia Color photographs http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Multimedia.jsp?id=m-2159 http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-2868 Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia Elbert County (Ga.) Courtesy of Darby Carl Sanders, New Georgia Encyclopedia.