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What's New
Towpath Repair Fund Approaches $100,000 Goal
Trust News - Thanks to our generous supporters, we only need $8,000 to complete our Towpath Repair Fund campaign! And best of all, donations to the fund are being matched by a local family foundation on a dollar-for-dollar basis!
Barge Bash is 'nothing but fun'
Media Coverage - It’s not every day you see a 15-foot fire-breathing dragon making its way down the C&O Canal. The dragon was only one among a menagerie of characters that took to the waters of the C&O Canal National Park in Hancock Saturday for the seventh annual Barge Bash.
Volunteer of the Year Award Nomination
NPS News - It's time to nominate your most outstanding volunteer!
Restoring Our Heritage…Building
a Legacy
The C&O Canal Trust was founded to protect, restore, and promote
the C&O Canal National Historical Park, one of America’s most
popular and distinctive national parks.
Over 3 million people
each year come to stroll, hike, bicycle, birdwatch,
paddle, camp, ski, skate, or otherwise
enjoy the abandoned canal and towpath.
Within its 20,000
acres, the park tells the story of 19th and 20th century
America. Nowhere else can
you see the history of the Canal Era so close at
hand and learn about Native Americans, the Civil War
and slavery, westward expansion, immigration, and industrialization.
The
park’s open space is of incalculable value
to the health of the Potomac River and, by extension,
the Chesapeake Bay. It also protects one of the east
coast’s biodiversity “hotspots,” the
Potomac Gorge, where nearly 200 rare, threatened, or
endangered species can be found.
The C&O Canal National Historical Park is a national
treasure right here in your own backyard. The C&O
Canal Trust is your voice for the park! |
