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.
Yesterday the Association held its first Friends and Family Summer Picnic Fort Frederick State Park, Big Pool, MD. Approximately 34 members and guests turned out despite a light rain and having to navigate a traffic accident on I-70. We had a delicious meal and played C&O Canal Jeopardy, won by Jane Hanna. The rain let up by mid-afternoon and six of us took a short hike on the Park's Beaver Dam Trail
Sorry to have missed it. I’m tending to a banged up knee. Next year?
Looking to fill out the Association's 3M Bike Challenge team. More information and instructions are below. This article was included in the Association's full-color, 32-page June newsletter, Along the Towpath. You can view it at this link: candocanal.org/atp/2026-6.pdf
