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The Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge was created in 1973 when the Union Camp Corporation of Franklin, Virginia, donated 49,100 acres (19,900 ha) of land after centuries of logging and other human activities devastated the swamp's ecosystems.
Map of the Dismal Swamp Canal, drawn by civil engineer D. S. Walton, 1867 Deep Creek Lock, located in Deep Creek, Virginia, separates the salt water of Deep Creek from the fresh water of Dismal Swamp Canal. In the Colonial period, water transportation was the lifeblood of the North Carolina sounds region and the Tidewater areas of Virginia. The ...
Washington Ditch in the Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge in 2016. The Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge was created in 1974 to help protect and preserve a portion of the Great Dismal Swamp, a marshy region on the Coastal Plain of southeastern Virginia and northeastern North Carolina between Norfolk, Virginia, and Elizabeth City, North Carolina in the United States.
Lake Drummond is a freshwater lake at the center of the Great Dismal Swamp, a marshy region on the Coastal Plain of southeastern Virginia and northeastern North Carolina between Norfolk, Virginia, and Elizabeth City, North Carolina, in the United States.
English: Location map of Virginia, USA. Geographic limits of the map: N: 40.2° N; S: 35.8° N; ... Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge; Great Falls Park ...
A small, essentially virgin stand of climax bald cypress-water tupelo swamp forest. Grand Caverns: 1973: Augusta: Municipal Contains unique shield formations as well as draperies, flowstone, stalactites and stalagmites. Great Dismal Swamp: 1972
The Nansemond National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge of the United States located along the Nansemond River in Suffolk, Virginia.It is managed by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service as a satellite of Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge.
Boundary of the Dismal Creek wild area as identified by the Wilderness Society. The boundary of the wildland, as determined by the Wilderness Society, is shown in the adjacent map. [1] The map can be enlarged by selecting the icon in the lower right. Roads in the area can be found on National Geographic Map 787 (Blacksburg, New River Valley). [3]