Lake Drummond sits at the heart of this landscape, a large natural body of water surrounded by the dense wetlands of the Great Dismal Swamp. The map documents a complex hydrological network that defines the region, where numerous man-made channels like Riddick Ditch, Kim Saunders Ditch, and Corapeake Ditch cut through the terrain. These ditches, along with the George Washington Ditch, speak to centuries of efforts to manage water and timber resources across the border of Virginia and North Carolina.
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1906 · Beckford
USGS Topo · 1:48,000
1907 · Beckford
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1919 · Suffolk
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1940 · Beckford
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1940 · Lake Drummond
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1940 · South Mills
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1945 · Lake Drummond
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1952 · South Mills
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1953 · Norfolk
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1954 · Corapeake
USGS Topo · 1:24,000