Canal news
We will use an informal picnic April 24 at Fort Frederick State Park to celebrate the 67th anniversary of Justice William O. Douglas' 1954 hike to publicize the C&O Canal.…
The C&O Canal Association annual meeting will be held 2 p.m. March 20. Because of the pandemic, the meeting will be virtual. The meeting will use Zoom video conference software.…
National Park Service will begin work to improve safety near the Paw Paw Tunnel on Nov. 25 Through hikers and bicyclists will use bypass trail until mid-2022 Chesapeake & Ohio…
On November 17, C&O Canal Association volunteers installed three new wayside exhibits at Carderock Recreation Area. The exhibits commemorate the work of hundreds of young African-American men enrolled in the Civilian…
July 2020 Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Association has received a $15,000 Maryland Heritage Areas Authority grant to support the 2021 World Canals Conference. The conference is scheduled for August 30-September…
National Park Service News ReleaseFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 20, 2019Contact: Autumn Cook, Autumn_Cook@nps.gov, 202-619-7158 WASHINGTON, DC — Tina M. Cappetta, a committed team-builder and park manager with more than 31 years’…
February 2019 C&O Canal Association has published a strategic plan that will guide its efforts over the next three years. The board of directors approved the document's recommendations at their…
July 2019 Transmanche Publications has issued a new edition of the Inland Waterways of North America map, covering the entire network of inland waterways throughout the USA and Canada. This…
