Lock 4

Lock 4 is the last of the four lock raising the canal in under half a mile. Stone for the first four locks was boated 40 miles upstream from a […]

Lock 3

The aptly named Lock 3 is the third lock in the quick succession of four locks starting with Lock 1. At this lock a bust of Supreme Court Justice William […]

Lock 2

Lock 2 is the second lock from the start of the canal in Georgetown. Here The Green Street Bridge had to be rebuilt to new heights in order to allow […]

Lock 1

Lock 1 is the beginning of a series of four locks in quick succession to one another at the beginning of the canal. These locks lift the canal in less […]

Mile Marker 0.0/Tide Lock

One of the most important misconceptions visitors to the C&O Canal have is that the canal started at Georgetown and headed west. That is not quite true. Groundbreaking did not […]

Old Stone House

Tucked along M Street in Georgetown, just east of the towpath, is an historic gem often missed by Washington D.C.’s swarming monument seekers. The Old Stone House (3051 M St., […]