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 Chesapeake and Ohio Canal at the old Nolands Ferry Road Crossing, Frederick County, Maryland.
This is one of the oldest Colonial crossings of the Potomac River, operated by the Noland (or Newland) family as early as 1758.
The side of the Crossing was that of the much earlier native American Monocacy Trail, which was traveled by both Patriots and Hessians during the American Revolution.
When the canal was being built in 1833, local merchants including those in nearby Buckeystown protested that the canal had interrupted Ferry service and their Virginia business. Initially, ferry users were varied across the canal as well.
A bridge was built across the canal in 1848, but by that time the ferry was pretty much done for. Still, in 1870 0. An iron Pratt truss bridge was built to replace it, and it was replaced again by a steel Pratt truss in 1913. That bridge finally washed away in the flood of 1936.
The road simply crosses the canal today.
A view of the Monocacy Aqueduct On the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, Frederick County, Maryland.
The aqueduct, built 1829 - 1833, is the longest of the 11 on the canal. Seven Arches of 54 ft each complete the span of 516 ft.
This is considered to be one of the finest canal structures in America.
A view crossing the Monocacy Aqueduct On the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, Frederick County, Maryland.
The aqueduct, built 1829 - 1833, is the longest of the 11 on the canal. Seven Arches of 54 ft each complete the span of 516 ft.
This is considered to be one of the finest canal structures in America.