Dismal Swamp Canal
The Dismal Swamp Canal is a canal located along the eastern edge of the Great Dismal Swamp in Virginia and North Carolina in the United States. Opened in 1805, it is the oldest continually operating man-made canal in the United States.
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.- Canal
- …lies at an elevation of 20 feet (6 metres)
- …is also known as “Great Dismal Swamp Canal”
- Description: canal in Virginia, United States of America
Dismal Swamp Canal
- Category: body of water
- Location
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Latitude
36.55654° or 36° 33′ 24″ north
Longitude
-76.3805° or 76° 22′ 50″ west
Open location code
8785HJ49+JR
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Norwegian Bokmål—“Dismal Swamp Canal” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Dismal Swamp Canal”
- Egyptian Arabic: “قناة المستنقعات الكئيبه”
- French: “Canal de Dismal Swamp”
- French: “canal du marais de Dismal”
- French: “Canal du marais de Dismal”
- German: “Dismal Swamp Canal”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Dismal Swamp Canal”
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