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There’s Nothing Like Pawpaw Season

Throughout much of the American South, Mid-Atlantic, and Midwest, fall arrives on the wings of red or gold foliage and the taste of the pawpaw fruit. Pawpaw (Asimina triloba) is […]

Nature in January on the Canal

January can be such a quiet month. The bustle of the holidays are over, and people are returning to a normal rhythm at work. Things can be similarly quiet within […]

Canal Lockhouses Get New Roofs

Great News! Lockhouse 22 (Pennyfield) and Lockhouse 25 (Edwards Ferry) recently received new roofs from the National Park Service. Both of these lockhouses are part of the C&O Canal Trust’s […]

Charles Fisk’s Impact on the Canal

Charles Bezaleel Fisk (June 14, 1806–Jan. 11, 1866) is the only C&O Canal engineer who served throughout the construction period, being hired as a mere assistant engineer in 1828, rising […]

Support the Trust in 2020

Help the Trust get off to a great start in 2020! As a small nonprofit that depends on charitable donations for 77 percent of its revenue, we need your help […]

Fall Clean-ups on the Canal

This fall has been a busy time for clean-ups along the canal! The Trust has hosted several private events for corporate groups and other volunteers and each has made a […]

Trust Celebrates Accomplishments in 2019

With Thanksgiving fast approaching, we would like to thank all of our donors and volunteers for all that they have contributed in 2019 in support of the Trust and our […]

Becky Curtis departs after 8 years with Trust

In September, the C&O Canal Trust said goodbye to long-time Director of Programs and Partnerships Becky Curtis, who has moved with her husband to Santa Barbara, CA. Becky joined the […]

How to Spend Autumn on the C&O Canal

The air is crisp and cool, and pumpkin spice is on every menu – fall is here! We are particularly partial to autumn along the C&O Canal, and we have […]

Park After Dark 2019: A Night to Remember

Thank you to everyone who made Park After Dark 2019 such a success – our sponsors, our silent auction donors, our volunteers and, most of all, our guests whose bonhomie […]

Community Bridges Overnight Programs

On August 22nd and 28th, the C&O Canal Trust hosted two groups of girls from Community Bridges Inc. at Lockhouse 6. As part of the Trust’s Canal for All Initiative, […]

Canal Classrooms 2018/2019 Reaches Over 7,000 Students

Over 7,000 K-12th grade students benefited over the 2018/2019 school year from the Park’s award-winning Canal Classrooms program.  This curriculum-based program, supported in part by C&O Canal Trust donors, allowed […]

23 Miles of Towpath Now Resurfaced

Year One of the Park’s multi-year towpath resurfacing project is complete! Towpath users can now enjoy 23 miles of completely rehabilitated towpath, from Edwards Ferry (Mile 30.8) to Whites Ferry […]

Conservation Job Corp Wraps Up for 2019

The Conservation Jobs Corps (CJC) is a new program built off the successful Maryland Conservation Corps (MCC). After years of seeing the benefits that MCC provides to young adults and the […]

Park Updates: August 2019

At 184.5 miles long and with more historical structures than any other national park, the C&O Canal National Historical Park is always a work in progress. This summer, however, visitors […]

Conococheague Aqueduct Ribbon Cutting on August 8

August 8 will be a big day for the Park with the ribbon-cutting for the newly-restored Conococheague Aqueduct and the ground-breaking for the new Park headquarters in Williamsport, Maryland. Please […]

History of the Conocoheague Aqueduct

C&O Canal aqueducts are essentially bridges of water, allowing boats to pass over creeks and rivers flowing into the Potomac River. The Conococheague Aqueduct is one of eleven that were […]

Thank You to Our Canal Towns!

A big thank you to all of our Canal Towns partners who stepped up to fund a daily shuttle around the towpath breach at Culvert 82 (Mile 52.5). Following the […]

C&O Canal Park Updates: July 2019

  Towpath Resurfacing The first 5-mile section of towpath resurfacing between Edwards Ferry and Whites Ferry is complete and work is now underway on the stretch between Brunswick and Harpers […]

An Owl Rescue at the C&O Canal

You may have seen this on our Facebook page: A baby barred owl, sitting in water. Photographer- Sandy Rosenblatt   We received this adorable photo and the accompanying story through […]

Thank You Canal Pride Volunteers!

We had a great showing of support at our first Canal Pride Day of 2019 at the Paw Paw Campground, held Saturday, April 27. Forty volunteers tackled many tasks during […]

Park Project Updates

At 184.5 miles long and with more historical structures than any other national park, the C&O Canal National Historical Park is always a work in progress. This summer, however, visitors […]

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