You can now create your own itineraries to guide your C&O Canal exploration, or you can copy one of ours! Learn more about Itineraries.
This point of the Canal is where John Mosby’s confederate raiders crossed the river on July 4, 1864 en route to their Calico Raid at Point of Rocks. It is also the exact point—at the exact time—when a holiday excursion boat of Treasury clerks approached the lock from upstream on their way back from Harper’s Ferry. Learn more.
This point of the Canal is where John Mosby’s confederate raiders crossed the river on July 4, 1864 en route to their Calico Raid at Point of Rocks. It is also the exact point—at the exact time—when a holiday excursion boat of Treasury clerks approached the lock from upstream on their way back from Harper’s Ferry. The presence of the hostile raiders scared anyone from operating the lock, so the Treasury clerks abandoned ship and made a run for it! Mosby’s raiders promptly set their vessel “The Flying Cloud” on fire and continued on their way.
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There has been a lapse in appropriations, and a shutdown of the federal government is currently in effect. Much of the C&O Canal National Historical Park remains accessible to the public, however, the National Park Service is not able to operate as normal. Scheduled C&O Canal Trust events and Canal Quarters reservations will continue as scheduled.
Learn more about what the shutdown means for the C&O Canal National Historical Park.