Volunteering to help the park: A work crew installs a bench near Great Falls in 2016.
Supporting park projects: Catoctin Aqueduct after collapse in 1973
Supporting park projects: Catoctin Aqueduct after restoration effort in 2011
Exploring history and nature: Sideling Hill Creek Aqueduct as viewed from the Western Maryland Rail Trail.
Protecting the canal since 1954: The association opposes Georgetown University’s plan to build a large boathouse in the park
Protecting the canal since 1954: The association opposes Georgetown University’s plan to build a large boathouse in the park
Exploring history and nature: Hikers gather at Fifteen Mile Creek Aqueduct in 2018.
Protecting the canal since 1954: Justice Douglas and eight others pause during their famous hike, which publicized the canal in 1954
Exploring history and nature: Ranger provides interpretation for hikers at Seneca Stone Cutting Mill in 2020.
Exploring history and nature: Hikers marvel at a large specimen during a tree identification walk in 2012
Volunteering to help the park: Association volunteer attaches plaque to newly installed bench in 2018.
Exploring history and nature: Association members participate in the last day of the 2009 Thru Hike at Great Falls
Volunteering to help the park: Association member helps install an identification sign at Landers in 2011
Exploring history and nature: Hikers gather at Dam 5 in 2019.
Protecting the canal since 1954: Justice Douglas and others rally against replacing the canal with a highway.
Volunteering to help the park: Association members repaint picnic tables at Swains Lock
Volunteering to help the park: Association volunteers assemble picnic table in 2018.
BOAT RAMP CLOSURE: The Pennyfield Lock boat ramp is closed to trailers carrying boats for the duration of the Potomac Interceptor Rehabilitation Project near Pennyfield Lock Road.
Kayakers and other non-trailer users can still access the boat ramp.
The closure will help maintain a safe work area while crews complete rehabilitation work on the Potomac Interceptor. The ramp will reopen to vehicles once work in the area is complete.
Learn more about the project: www.dcwater.com/about-dc-water/media/news/pennyfield-lock-boat-ramp-closed-trailers-during-potoma...
You can read the entire article in the C&O Canal Association's acclaimed newsletter, Along the Towpath, at this link: candocanal.org/atp/2026-09.pdf