Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Great Dismal Swamp is home to one of Virginia’s highest concentrations of black bears, according to the Virginia Department of ...

With poor initial funding, shoddy engineering and enslaved laborers forced to work in awful conditions, the man-made ...

The Great Dismal Swamp, which once encompassed more than 1 million acres, still remains despite years of logging, drainage, development and other threats, says historian Perri Meldon. Meldon was ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A wide range of wildlife is common in the Great Dismal Swamp, but a recent alligator sighting ...

SUFFOLK, Va. — The National Park Service say a National Heritage Area represents much more than the land it covers; it tells the story of a region and the people who lived in it. The proposed Great ...

The Great Dismal Swamp in southern Virginia provides isolated, mysterious canoeing that harkens back to ancient times. GREAT DISMAL SWAMP, VIRGINIA: Seen from the air during the summer, the Great ...

A swamp may not be the first thing that comes to mind while planning your spring break activities, but with everything that the Great Dismal Swamp has to offer, you may reconsider. There are over 50 ...

EDISON – Councilman Robert Diehl remembers a few years ago giving a tour of the Dismal Swamp to 100 first-graders, but all of the young students were afraid of the forest and the outdoors. Diehl ...

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 ...

The passenger yacht Bonny Blue will end its weekend, overnight cruises along the Dismal Swamp Canal after this season – and the city hopes someone will fill the void. The Bonny Blue pampered ...

Almost 20 years ago, Eric Sheppard picked up the slave narrative written by his distant ancestor, Moses Grandy, and set out to retrace his long trudge to freedom. “Everywhere Moses Grandy went, I went ...