The Great Dismal Swamp’s history, as rich as the peat soil beneath the feet of visitors, may soon gain greater recognition as ...

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.

Once 2,000 square miles in Virginia and North Carolina, the swamp today is perhaps one-tenth that size. Allison Shelley The worse it gets, as I wade and stumble through the Great Dismal Swamp ...

In the 18th century a bleak area on the border of Virginia and North Carolina was named the Great Dismal Swamp. Large areas of land were drained for logging and to use the land for farming.

Because of extensive settlement and cultivation, maroonage in Virginia and the northern colonies was mostly limited to the Great Dismal Swamp, on the Virginia and North Carolina border.

CHESAPEAKE, Va. — Residents in Chesapeake are saying bear sightings have become increasingly common in recent weeks. Susan ...

the Appalachian Mountains and the Great Dismal Swamp in parts of North Carolina and Virginia. The game’s audio designer, Chris Fox, said they got rashes from poison sumac in the swamp while they ...

A just-discovered eyewitness account provides startling new evidence about who fired the shot that sparked the French and Indian War The Great Dismal Swamp was once a thriving refuge for runaways ...

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 ...