Record #:

21735

Author(s):

Manual, John

Abstract:

Almost 300 years ago Colonel William Byrd II described the Great Dismal Swamp as \"a great and dreary swamp not fit for man or beast.\" Today the swamp's 126,000 acres straddle the border of Virginia/North Carolina. It is a National Wildlife Refuge on the Virginia side and a state park on the North Carolina side in 2007. The swamp has become a place of enjoyment and education. In 2013 over 80,000 visitors came to the state park.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 78 Issue 2, Mar/Apr 2014, p30-35, il

Subject(s):

Great Dismal Swamp (N.C. and Va.)