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Great Dismal Swamp - Wikipedia The Great Dismal Swamp is a large swamp in the Coastal Plain Region of southeastern Virginia and northeastern North Carolina in the eastern United States, between Norfolk, Virginia, and Elizabeth City, North Carolina [1]
Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge contains some of the most important wildlife habitat in the mid-Atlantic region At near 113,000 acres, the refuge is the largest intact remnant of a vast swamp that once covered more than one million acres Wildlife thrives here and plant life abounds
The Great Dismal Swamp - Encyclopedia Virginia The Great Dismal Swamp is a 113,000-acre National Wildlife Refuge straddling southeastern Virginia and northeastern North Carolina The swamp once spanned one million acres, but it has dwindled in size over the past 9,000 years, responding to and shaping the actions of humans
Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge | Virginia DWR Comprised of nearly 113,000 acres of forested wetlands, canals, ponds, lakes, sphagnum bogs, evergreen shrubs, and marshy borders, the Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge is the largest site on the Coastal section of the Virginia Birding and Wildlife Trail
The Great Dismal Swamp: A Refuge for Runaways and a Source of . . . The Great Dismal Swamp sprawls across southeastern Virginia and northeastern North Carolina, covering over 100,000 acres today, though it was once much larger Its landscape is a patchwork of dark waters, peat bogs, dense forests, and open marshes Over thousands of years, slow-moving rivers and the rise and fall of sea levels sculpted this
Great Dismal Swamp | Map, History, Name | Britannica Great Dismal Swamp, marshy region on the Coastal Plain of southeastern Virginia and northeastern North Carolina, U S , between Norfolk, Virginia, and Elizabeth City, North Carolina It is densely forested and contains scattered natural elevations of 10 to 20 feet (3 to 6 meters) above sea level
Conservation: Great Dismal Swamp | The Wilderness Society The Great Dismal Swamp holds the largest known collection of archaeological artifacts in the continental United States from Maroon colonies, multi-generational self-sufficient communities established throughout the Dismal wilderness from the 16th century until the Civil War
The Great Dismal Swamp - Virginia Studies Europeans discovered the Great Dismal Swamp around 1665 under the leadership of William Drummond The swamp exhibits a number of unique qualities that made it a source of economic and cultural fascination for centuries