- The abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin, in her second anti-slavery novel Dred: A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp.
- The Great Dismal Swamp is a lovely quiet place to see all the flora and fauna of this beautiful natural area.
- ...we had to backtrack about a nautical mile to get back to where the ICW bifurcates between the Great Dismal Swamp route or the Virginia Cut.
- Most forested areas east of the Great Dismal Swamp were harvested in the 1700-1900's, and much of the remaining timber was burned by wildfires.
- Scientists believe the Great Dismal Swamp was created when the continental shelf made its last big shift. The swamp consists mainly of peat and water.
- Nowhere is the beauty and history of the Chesapeake, VA region on greater display than in the Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge.
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- Before the American Civil War, thousands of people who had escaped slavery made the Great Dismal Swamp their hidden fortress of freedom.
- Areas like the forested wetlands throughout the Great Dismal Swamp are prime habitat thanks to the abundance of water, food sources, and cover.
- It was the first of two snakes we’d see on this short introduction to the largest National Wildlife Refuge in the Northeast, the Great Dismal Swamp NWR.