The search is continuing for two men missing in Little River at Cherokee Park on Clarks Hill Lake.
Georgia Department of Natural Resources spokesman has released the identities of the men as Eynn Wilson, age 34, of Augusta and Edward Kirk, age 37, also of Augusta.
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Lincoln County DNR, using sonar, and the dive team from the Columbia County Fire Department have been searching since Sunday afternoon.
The search began when one of the men jumped off a pontoon boat and failed to re-surface. The other man was on another pontoon boat and jumped in to help but he also failed to re-surface.
Dana Lynn McIntyre is a Staff Reporter with The Augusta Press. You can reach her at dana@theaugustapress.com.
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