Snapshots of 2017 on the C&O Canal

January getting you down? Look back at 2017 in the C&O Canal National Historical Park with each month’s photo contest winner! These photos capture the beauty of the park, which cannot be rivaled anywhere else. Next time you visit the park, make sure you bring your camera and submit a photo to our monthly contest. For more information on the contest and how to enter, visit our website.

January’s Winner: “Super Moon Rising at Lock 29, Lander Lockhouse”, by Stan Collyer

February’s Winner: “Snyders Landing”, by Eric B. Reed

March’s Winner: “Serene Beauty at Violettes Lock”, by Peter Moreno

April’s Winner: “Harpers Ferry Dawn”, by Tim Christy

May’s Winner: “River Ripples”, by MJ Clingan

June’s Winner: “View of Harpers Ferry”, by Randy Miller

July’s Winner: “Towpath Stroll”, by Rhonda Fink-Whitman

August’s Winner: “The Lighted Path”, by Wanda Poffenberger

September’s Winner: “Tolonoway Creek Aqueduct,” by Keld Wichmann Moeller

October’s Winner: “Moonrise over the C&O Canal”, by Daina Bolsteins

November’s Winner: “Harpers Ferry Train Bridge”, by Wanda Poffenberger

December’s Winner: “Heron Having a Think”, by Michelle Holshue

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