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It has been about 100 years since barges floated along the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal between Washington, D.C., and rural ...
D.C. leaders unveiled a plan Tuesday morning to increase public access, specifically for non-motorized boating activities ...
The National Park Service is seeking input and ideas for the future of the Great Falls area of Chesapeake & Canal National Historical Park in Maryland.
BALTIMORE, Thursday, July 6. Mr. J. SNIVELY, of Hancock, was to-day elected President of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, in place of ALFRED SPATES, of Cumberland. Advertisement ...
The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Towpath trail is a popular route for bicyclists and hikers through the historic Potomac Valley between Cumberland, Md., and Washington, D.C. If you purchase a product ...
The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal was a construction and engineering challenge for its time. The canal’s charter required that 100 operable miles be built within five years of the project’s start ...
WASHINGTON — The National Park Service will spend more than $12 million in an effort to preserve and rehabilitate the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal in D.C.'s Georgetown neighborhood. The aim of the ...
FREDERICK COUNTY, Md. (WJZ) --More than a year after floodwaters washed away a culvert along the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal towpath near Brunswick, a temporary low-water crossing has opened.
Today, park lovers keep that spirit alive through a one-day marathon hike in Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park each spring. Read more about Parks Group Files Opposition Brief in Lawsuit ...