The Dismal Swamp Canal, a 22-mile-long, 6-foot-deep ditch, provided a vital link among towns of the Albemarle region, the Pasquotank River and Albemarle Sound in North Carolina, Tidewater Virginia ...

The Great Dismal Swamp, as the name given to it by mosquito ... also became a valuable source of cedar shingles and lumber, the location of a 22-mile-long canal (dug under brutal conditions ...

The welcome center also serves as a gateway to Dismal Swamp State Park, just across the canal, a 22-mile stretch of the Intracoastal Waterway that connects the Elizabeth River in Virginia with the ...

Some slaves found freedom by hiding closer to home, however — in Great Dismal Swamp. The swamp is a vast wetland in southeastern Virginia and northeastern North Carolina. In George Washington's ...

The proposed Great Dismal Swamp National Heritage Area is in the middle of a three-year feasibility study process. That includes a public comment period, which is open now until May 19th.

The tire in the Dismal Swamp does not seem to abate. We were informed last week that it was confined to the undergrowth, but intelligence has reached us that it has got into the best timber.

Irish poet Thomas Moore embellished the legend in his 1803 poem, ”The Lake of Dismal Swamp ... highest parts of the swamp, not the lowest. The Feeder Canal, a 3-mile paddle west from the ...

Although many alligators live just a few miles away in North Carolina, a natural barrier keeps them out of the Great Dismal Swamp, Freeman said. But, be wary, nonetheless, where you step.

(WAVY) – A Great Dismal Swamp Canal Trail boat ramp and parking ... to foot and bicycle traffic during the construction. The 8.3-mile paved Multi Use Trail connects to Deep Creek Park.