Yes, President George Washington did visit the Great Dismal Swamp. He visited this area of Virginia in 1763. The area became a lucrative source of timber.
George Washington
George Washington
George Washington surveyed the Dismal Swamp area. The lake was Lake Drummond.
President George Washington visited the Great Dismal Swamp in Virginia and North Carolina in 1763. He surveyed the area and proposed drainage projects to make the land usable for agriculture and commercial purposes.
Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge was created in 1974.
The Great Dismal Swamp.
Well, if you are talking about the Dismal Swamp in Virginia, then the LAKE there would be Lake Drummond. Virginia history books claim that George Washington examined this area sometime during the Revolutionary War.The person who answered this question is only an over-smart 4th grader!
A swampy region of northeastern Virginia and northeast North Carolina. The heavily forested area has been greatly reduced by drainage. George Washington surveyed the Dismal Swamp in 1763. For the source and more detailed information concerning this subject, click on the related links section indicated below.
The area of Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge is 453.248 square kilometers.
Henry Wadsworth, with his poem , "The Slave in the Dismal Swamp."
The Dismal Swamp in the coastal plains was explored and surveyed by the Frenchman Louis Michel in the late 18th century. He mapped out the area and documented its unique ecosystem and geography, contributing to our understanding of this unique region.
The Great Dismal Swamp lies on the border of Viginia and North Carolina.