14 Dec 2023

Notice to Navigation Interests

The Dismal Swamp Canal will be closed to navigation Jan. 8, 2024, tentatively through March 31, 2024.

7 Apr 2020

District announces procedures for safe lockings during COVID-19 pandemic

Effective March 31, the locks at Deep Creek, Virginia, and South Mills, North Carolina, returned to their normal operating schedule to accommodate vessels using the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway's Dismal Swamp Canal.

13 Jan 2020

Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway route closed for gate restoration

SOUTH MILLS, N.C. – Due to required maintenance, the Dismal Swamp Canal on the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway between North Carolina and Virginia has been temporarily shut off to vessel traffic.

29 Mar 2019

USACE awards $3.8 million services contract for AIWW facilities

NORFOLK, Va. – Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has awarded a five-year services contract to U.S. Facilities Inc. for operations and maintenance of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway’s locks and bridges.

5 Mar 2019

Norfolk District to begin Dismal Swamp Canal dredging

CHESAPEAKE, Va. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is set to begin Dismal Swamp Canal dredging early next week – roughly a year ahead of schedule due to lingering impacts from Hurricane Matthew in 2016. The maintenance work should be completed by April.

20 Mar 2014

Great Dismal Swamp Canal pedestrian bridge reopens

SOUTH MILLS, N.C. – The Great Dismal Swamp Canal pedestrian bridge reopened at 5 p.m., March 19, after a two-week closure to repair cylinders in a hydraulic arm weld, which had broken from the bridge’s bascule.