This canal begins at Elizabeth river, four miles from Norfolk, Va., running 28 miles, emptying into Pasquotank river, connecting the sounds, &c. The company owns in Virginia 150 feet from center of canal on east and west sides, and 75 feet on each side in North Carolina. This canal was formerly called the Dismal Swamp Canal. The Dismal Swamp Canal was chartered by the General Assembly of North Carolina at its session in the year 1790, for the purpose of cutting a navigable canal from the waters of the Pasquotank river in this State to the waters of Elizabeth river in the State of Virginia. |