NATURAL AREA INVENTORY FORM 



Basic Information Summary Sheet 



CORAPEAKE MARSH 

 1. Natural area name: (WASHINGTON'S RICE FARMl 



2. County: Gates. 



Location: Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge. Just east of 

 mouth of Corapeake Swamp. 



4. Topographic quadrangle(s) : Corapeake, VA - NC, 1977. 7^2 min 

 (1:24,000) topographic orthophotomap. 



Size: Originally described as 2,000 to 3,000 acres by George 

 Washington in 1763. Visible boundaries indicate an area of about 

 300 acres overgrown in recent times. Actual remnant marsh about 30 

 acres. Nominal natural area size, 300 acres (121 ha). 



Elevation: 24 feet. 



Access: East on SR 1332 from Holly Grove, about 1 mile to 

 southern edge of Corapeake Swamp. Turn right onto dirt farm road 

 about 1.1 miles east into Refuge along south side of Cross Canal. 

 Cross Cross Canal on foot by rotting bridge into remnant marsh. 



Names of investigators: 

 Cecil C. Frost 

 Botany Department 

 University of North Carolina 



Date(s) of investigation: 17 June 1981. 



10. Priority rating: Medium (demonstration that this is truly a 

 remnant of a natural marsh would require upgrading the priority 

 rating of this area) . 



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