CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) – The Norfolk District’s U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has announced that the Great Dismal Swamp Canal will be temporarily closed. Starting on Jan. 8 through March 31, the Great ...

CHESAPEAKE — The Ballahack Boat Ramp and parking area located along the Great Dismal Swamp trail will close Aug. 14 until February for construction. Work will include paving the existing parking area ...

CHESAPEAKE -- The Dismal Swamp Canal reopens Wednesday, nearly a month after closing because of wildfire and downed trees from Hurricane Irene. The South Mills and Deep Creek locks on the canal closed ...

CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) – A Great Dismal Swamp Canal Trail boat ramp and parking area will be closed several months for construction. The city of Chesapeake says the Ballahack Boat Ramp and parking ...

The 20th annual Paddle for the Border on Saturday featured a group of Boy Scouts making a 7.5-mile trek up the Dismal Swamp Canal in two 14-person canoes. The 11 Scouts of Troop 162 and their six ...

South Mills and the Great Dismal Swamp are among the 15 destinations featured in the state of North Carolina’s inaugural guide to “trail towns” that offer what Visit NC describes as “signature outdoor ...

CHESAPEAKE — Police are investigating after a body was found at the Dismal Swamp Canal Trail on Sunday afternoon. Around 12:45 p.m., police were called to 1200 George Washington Highway South for a ...

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 and ...

The Great Dismal Swamp landscape, then and now -- Alienation: a foundational concept -- The architecture of alienation in modern history -- The documented Great Dismal Swamp, 1585-1860 -- Scission ...