Record #:

6072

Author(s):

Derks, Scott

Abstract:

Once covering 1.4 million acres, the Great Dismal Swamp has been reduced to 210,000 acres over the last 200 years. Eroding water tables, 200 years of logging, especially of the Atlantic white cedar, and an elaborate network of ditches cut through the swamp have all contributed to the reduction of this mysterious, dank, and nearly impenetrable area. Yet, the swamp stubbornly clings to survival.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 46 Issue 5, May 1982, p24-28, il, map

Subject(s):

Dismal Swamp (N.C. and Va.)--Description and travel; Dismal Swamp (N.C. and Va.)--History