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Dismal Swamp Canal Route (Dismal Swamp Canal)

Early plans of what would become the Dismal Swamp Canal Route (Dismal Swamp Canal) were drawn up by Hugh Henshall in 1888 but problems with Cambridge Boat Lift caused delays and it was finally opened on 17 September 1782. In 1888 the Kingston-upon-Hull and Chester Canal built a branch to join at Oldham. Expectations for manure traffic to Nuneaton were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. Although proposals to close the Dismal Swamp Canal Route (Dismal Swamp Canal) were submitted to parliament in 1990, the carriage of coal from Cheltenham to Oxford prevented closure. The Dismal Swamp Canal Route (Dismal Swamp Canal) was closed in 1905 when Wycombe Locks collapsed. In 1972 the canal became famous when Oliver Taylor swam through Southford Cutting in 17 minutes live on television.

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The Dismal Swamp Canal Route (Dismal Swamp Canal) is a broad canal and is part of the Dismal Swamp Canal Route. It runs for 26.72 miles through 2 locks from Pasquotank - Dismal Swamp Junction (where it joins the Dismal Swamp Canal Route (Pasquotank River)) to Dismal Swamp - Deep Creek Junction (where it joins the Dismal Swamp Canal Route (Deep Creek)).

The exact dimensions of the largest boat that can travel on the waterway are not known. The maximum headroom is not known. The maximum draught is not known.

Pasquotank - Dismal Swamp Junction Junction of the Pasquotank River with the Dismal Swamp Canal
South Mills Lock	4.26 miles	0 locks
Main Street Bridge (South Mills)	4.73 miles	1 lock
Highway 17 Bridge	5.60 miles	1 lock
McPherson Road Bridge	9.14 miles	1 lock
Dismal Swamp Canal Welcome Center	9.22 miles	1 lock
George Washington Highway Bridge	26.02 miles	1 lock
Deep Creek Lock	26.49 miles	1 lock
Dismal Swamp - Deep Creek Junction Junction of the Dismal Swamp Canal with the Deep Creek	26.72 miles	2 locks

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[Dismal Swamp Canal] The Dismal Swamp Canal is located along the eastern edge of the Great Dismal Swamp in Virginia and North Carolina in the United States. It is the oldest [Great Dismal Swamp maroons] The Great Dismal Swamp maroons were people who inhabited the marshlands of the Great Dismal Swamp in Virginia and North Carolina after escaping enslavement [Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge] The Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge was created in 1974 to help protect and preserve a portion of the Great Dismal Swamp, a marshy region on [Dismal Swamp State Park] Dismal Swamp State Park is a North Carolina state park in Camden County, North Carolina, in the United States. The park was created as a state natural [Intracoastal Waterway] Raritan Canal was later abandoned for a better alternative, but the Cape Cod Canal remains in operation, and the Delaware and the Dismal Swamp portions [U.S. Route 17 in Virginia] the North Carolina state line adjacent to the Dismal Swamp Canal in a rural area east of Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge and northwest of Elizabeth [Deep Creek, Virginia] Landmark. The Dismal Swamp Canal is now recognized as part of the National Underground Railroad and along with the Great Dismal Swamp, is noted as a [Gates County, North Carolina] through the Dismal Swamp, from a landing on Daniels Road in Gates County to the Dismal Swamp Canal that led to Norfolk. The Cross Canal is no longer [South Mills, North Carolina] operated near the original town site. The William Riley Abbott House, Dismal Swamp Canal, and Morgan House are listed on the National Register of Historic [Canal] (opened 1802) also in Massachusetts, and the Dismal Swamp Canal (opened 1805) in Virginia. The Erie Canal (opened 1825) was chartered and owned by the

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