Volunteering to help the park: A work crew installs a bench near Great Falls in 2016.
Supporting park projects: Catoctin Aqueduct after collapse in 1973
Supporting park projects: Catoctin Aqueduct after restoration effort in 2011
Exploring history and nature: Sideling Hill Creek Aqueduct as viewed from the Western Maryland Rail Trail.
Protecting the canal since 1954: The association opposes Georgetown University’s plan to build a large boathouse in the park
Protecting the canal since 1954: The association opposes Georgetown University’s plan to build a large boathouse in the park
Exploring history and nature: Hikers gather at Fifteen Mile Creek Aqueduct in 2018.
Protecting the canal since 1954: Justice Douglas and eight others pause during their famous hike, which publicized the canal in 1954
Exploring history and nature: Ranger provides interpretation for hikers at Seneca Stone Cutting Mill in 2020.
Exploring history and nature: Hikers marvel at a large specimen during a tree identification walk in 2012
Volunteering to help the park: Association volunteer attaches plaque to newly installed bench in 2018.
Exploring history and nature: Association members participate in the last day of the 2009 Thru Hike at Great Falls
Volunteering to help the park: Association member helps install an identification sign at Landers in 2011
Exploring history and nature: Hikers gather at Dam 5 in 2019.
Protecting the canal since 1954: Justice Douglas and others rally against replacing the canal with a highway.
Volunteering to help the park: Association members repaint picnic tables at Swains Lock
Volunteering to help the park: Association volunteers assemble picnic table in 2018.
Before the Civil War, a lot of Cumberland coal went down the canal and crossed the Potomac Aqueduct to better port facilities at AlexandriaIntroducing Canal Fact Friday! This winter, archaeologists uncovered the partial remains of Lock No. 4 and the third basin of the Alexandria Canal on the 900 Block of North Pitt Street. The Alexandria Canal opened in 1845 as a connector between Alexandria's waterfront and the C&O Canal in Georgetown. It was not an easy feat to keep it open - it was expensive to maintain and wasn't reliable thanks to fluctuations in water level, mechanical breaks, winter freezes, and disruption during the Civil War. When the Aqueduct Bridge that connected the Alexandria Canal to Georgetown broke in 1886, it cut off direct access to the C&O forcing the permanent closure of the Alexandria Canal. Read the latest canal updates at alexandriava.gov/go/6378.
The Celtic cross monument installed on the Crescent Lawn at Canal Place is dedicated to the memory of Irish laborers who died building the C&O Canal and the B&O Railroad, and is a symbol of Celtic heritage.
đź“ŤFestival Grounds at Canal Place
📸Jim Cumiskey
Association members and guests: It is just one week until the 2025 Annual Meeting. Come hear the status of the Association, the committee reports, the Park report, meet the candidates, and vote in the election for this year’s board, officers, and president.
Although it is too late to register for meals, you are still welcome to join us. Click on the below event for the details.
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