THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Sunday, September 3, 1995 TAG: 9509010161
SECTION: CHESAPEAKE CLIPPER PAGE: 08 EDITION: FINAL
TYPE: COMMUNITY NEWS
LENGTH: Short : 28 lines
Because of a continued lack of rain and subsequent low water levels in Lake Drummond and the Dismal Swamp Canal Wildlife Refuge, the locks at Deep Creek and South Mills, N.C., will temporarily not operate after the last scheduled locking at 3 p.m. Wednesday. The Dismal Swamp Canal on Route 2 of the Atlantic Intracostal Waterway will be closed temporarily to through traffic.
By agreement between the Army Corps of Engineers and the Fish and Wildlife Service, water will not be drawn from Lake Drummond to recharge the canal when the lake level falls below 3.6 feet.
The canal will remain closed temporarily until sufficient rain falls in the Lake Drummond watershed to recharge the swamp.
Boaters desiring to transit the Atlantic Intracostal Waterway during the closure should use the Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal, Route 1, through the Great Bridge lock. That lock will continue to operate 24 hours per day, seven days per week. Lock operators monitor Channel 13. by CNB