Join the Park for a special musical performance by the Musical Box Society International! Members of the National Capital Chapter will be on site playing and demonstrating organ grinders, accordions, and other musical instruments. Enjoy Memorial Day Weekend at C&O Canal by enjoying live performances and talks.
Join Park staff at Cushwa Basin to bike, plan, and learn about how to safely ride 184.5 miles of towpath. Bike Tours: 10AM – Bike the Canal 101: 1 mile ride around Cushwa Basin vicinity of towpath, introducing canal structures such as: crossing lock bridges, rail trail, rail lift bridge, and more. Meet at Cushwa […]
Join park volunteer Lowell to examine the remaining evidence of a small community serving an important transportation crossroads in the 1800’s. Bridgeport – a Canal lock and lockhouse, tavern and inn, stores, residences, and outbuildings for animals and storage – grew up at the intersection of the C&O Canal at Lock 38 and the Sharpsburg-Shepherdstown […]
