Welcome to the C&O Canal Trust
The official nonprofit partner of the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park.
The official nonprofit partner of the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park.
Ensuring that the towpath and its resources are here forever.
Exposing thousands of students to outdoor education programs along the Canal.
Step back in time as you spend the night in one of six historic lockhouses.
Learn about the C&O Canal with these Virtual Ranger programs.
(Formerly Canal Pride Days) Volunteer your time to help conserve the C&O Canal.
Visit these nine unique destinations that border the Canal.
The initial collection features a short-sleeved t-shirt with a rendering of the scenic C&O Canal towpath on the back. The shirts will retail for $24.99, and a portion of the sale of each shirt will support the C&O Canal Trust’s mission to preserve and protect the C&O Canal National Historical Park. The Trust is the official nonprofit partner of the Park.
The Canal Towns Partnership and the C&O Canal Trust announce the launch of seven C&O Canal-themed beers by eleven local breweries as part of a new C&O Canal Libations Trail created to celebrate the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park’s 50th anniversary as a part of the National Park Service. The trail will also include wineries, distilleries, and specialty cocktails to be released later in the year.
The C&O Canal Trust is conducting a t-shirt artwork contest to find a logo that will represent our 2021 Canal Community Days events. Amateur artists are invited to create and submit artwork that celebrates these annual volunteer events that bring community members together to beautify the C&O Canal National Historical Park for the spring season. The winning design will be printed on our Canal Community Days t-shirts and worn by volunteers as they work along the C&O Canal during the spring and summer months. (more…)
The resurfacing project that has so far as smoothed out 42 miles of the C&O Canal’s towpath between Edwards Ferry and Shepherdstown will receive another infusion of cash with a $1.147 million grant from the State of Maryland’s Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP). This is the fourth grant the C&O Canal National Historical Park has received in support of the “Towpath Rehabilitation: A Safe Towpath” project aimed at improving more than 80 miles of the 184.5 mile-long towpath.
Please email info@canaltrust.org for assistance.
Our campaign number is 98180 in the Chesapeake Bay Area. Thank you for selecting us as the beneficiary of your workplace giving!
Download our new mobile app to your Android or Apple phone and explore the C&O Canal in a whole new way. Get the app!
Canal Quarters lockhouses offer a historic, recreational, and educational experience like no other. Book your stay today!
The C&O Canal Trust sponsors a monthly photo contest highlighting the best photos you have taken of the C&O Canal National Historical Park. Find out how to enter here!