The Dismal Swamp NC and Virginia

The Dismal Swamp Canal was another highlight on the loop.  Loopers can take the Virginia Cut or the Dismal Swamp Canal.  So on Monday morning May 27th Memorial Day we were traveling the Canal.  This is a very narrow area of 28 miles that begins in North Carolina and ends in Virginia. It is all a no wake area.  The width across is barely room for two boats to pass.  There is a lock at both ends that only opens four different times a day.  Along the way there is the Dismal Swamp Canal Welcome Center and state park which borders the highway as well as the canal.  If there is room you can pull up to these docks and not only visit but spent  the night on the free dock.  We were able to dock here and did spent Monday night along with several other boaters.  They do say to expect some rafting and we did have a small sailboat that did raft with us.  Remember you can only get in and out of the canal four times a day or you wait. The canal is full of history and was hand dug.  Part of this area was surveyed by George Washington.  This is a must see area that pictures alone cannot tell the story.  After waking on Tuesday morning we continued our trip on through the canal and we are now in Virginia. 

Dismal Swamp Canal

           


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Welcome Center



                           


Virginia