The Dismal Swamp covered great tracts of southeast Virginia ... and turned it into barrel staves, ship masts and house shingles. It became more dangerous for maroons because the canals allowed ...

Joining southeastern Virginia with northeastern North Carolina, the Great Dismal Swamp is a stretch of forested wetland that, in hindsight, doesn’t really live up to the “dismal” part of its ...

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 Great Dismal Swamp, as the name given to it by mosquito-swatting British colonists implies, isn’t always hospitable to humans. Although it’s now part of a popular national wildlife refuge ...

The location: the family home of a known fugitive, near the Great Dismal Swamp National Park – a ... we approached the house — in my head, the famous banjo music from the movie Deliverance ...

The designation is a part of The Great Dismal Swamp National Heritage Area Feasibility Study. Authorized in 2023, the study is tasked with evaluating the Great Dismal Swamp’s surrounding North ...