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.
The Paw Paw Tunnel, just over the West Virginia line in Maryland, is a 3,118-foot canal tunnel built on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. Hand-dug between 1836 and 1850, it was made to bypass the sharp Paw Paw Bends of the Potomac River and is lined with more than six million bricks. Walking through the dark, unlit tunnel—bring a flashlight—you’ll notice rope burns on the walls, weep holes, and maybe even a bat or two. Water still runs along the old canal path, and the echoes inside make the walk both eerie and fascinating.
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Former site of Dam 3 and head gates to the Armory Canal, also known as the "Government Dam". It was built in 1799 to provide water to the Harpers Ferry Armory. It was rebuilt in 1806 and 1820. When the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal arrived in 1833, it was allowed to use this dam as it's third supply dam rather than build a separate structure downstream as originally planned. This is why it was designated "Dam 3". Seen from the Potomac Road upstream from Harpers Ferry West Virginia.
Former site of Dam 3, also known as the "Government Dam", which was originally built in 1799 to provide water to the Harpers Ferry Armory. It was rebuilt in 1806 and 1820. When the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal arrived in 1833, it was allowed to use this dam as it's third supply dam rather than build a separate structure downstream as originally planned. This is why it was designated "Dam 3". Seen from the Potomac Road upstream from Harpers Ferry West Virginia.