Young Okla. man walks across country for love Nov 5, 2008
He followed the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal to Cumberland, Md. and then picked up Route 40. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Best places for a long life Sep 12, 2008
Outside of town, Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Park's scenic canalside trail helps keep residents in shape. Last year, Montgomery's county seat of Rockville unveiled a new pedestrian-friendly town center, bringing together housing, jobs, shopping, and recreation. (CNN -- Money)
184 miles of adventure - SE couples explore D.C. by bike Jul 24, 2008
Judy Schotzko rode along the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal during a recent bike trip by four Sleepy Eye couples ... The route the friends chose would lead them to Washington D.C. via the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, a historic and scenic trail along the Potomac River ... The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal (Ca link to a time in the United State's history when the country's prosperity depended largely upon its waterways. (Sleepy Eye Herald Dispatch, MN)
Baltimore's Consideration for a Can... Jul 13, 2008
Abert was told to look for the most northern practicable route of the routes by the valleys of the Monocacy and the Patapsco, or by a route diverging from said Chesapeake and Ohio Canal at the mouth of the Seneca River. The chosen route needed to be entirely in Maryland and have an ample supply of water. (Suite101.com)
Building the Chesapeake and Ohio Ca... Jul 13, 2008
Building the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal: The End of Americas Canal Building Golden Era ... Building the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal ... Building the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. (Suite101.com)
Park Police Warn Women About Georgetown Attacker Jun 23, 2008
Investigators say the victim was walking along 29th Street, near the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, about 1:30 a.m. Saturday, June 14, when a man approched her. The attacker -- who did not display a weapon -- forced the woman to a secluded area behind the Four Seasons Hotel on U.S. park property, authorities said. (ABC 7 News, DC)
History, science flow freely at canal exhibit May 18, 2008
Just because mule-drawn canal boats gave way to motorized barges 90 years ago, don't imagine there's nothing relevant to be learned from the traveling exhibit, which is at the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park's Trolley Barn in Williamsport through Oct. 12. "That same science, that same harnessing of physics, went into a lot of the things you see today - highways, bridges, buildings - and this is really the start of that in America," said Edward Mooney, director of exhibits at... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Science)
Plan fun trip to W. Virginia May 17, 2008
If you prefer not to drive, the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park offers 185 miles of hiking and biking trails passing Harpers Ferry on its way from Washington to Cumberland, Md. For scenic driving instead of hiking, the Washington Heritage Trail loops around the Eastern Panhandle. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
Projects Benefit C&O Canal, Town Of Hancock Jul 13, 2007
Cl National Historical Park officials, representatives of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park Advisory Commission, the Washington County commissioners, representatives from the Cl Trust, officials from the town of Hancock, and business and community leaders, hosted a media conference and ribbon-cutting ceremony on July 6. Approximately $600,000 worth of projects in the town of Hancock have recently been completed, or were announced as moving forward. (Fulton County News, PA)
Md. seeks to close gap in bike trail Feb 15, 2007
-- Supporters of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park are seeking state help in closing a nearly three-mile gap in the towpath that has sent hikers and bikers on dangerous detours for more than a decade. Washington County's delegation to the General Assembly voted last week to request a $200,000 bond bill to pay half the cost of an engineering study for rebuilding a washed-out trail section along a stretch of the Potomac River called the Big Slackwater. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Business Digest Jan 26, 2007
At least 250,000 bikers and hikers are expected to pass through downtown Cumberland, where the Great Allegheny Passage connects to the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal towpath. Nation: RegulationWal-Mart to pay $33 million Wal-Mart Stores Inc. will pay more than $33 million in back wages to thousands of employees after turning itself in to the Labor Department for paying too little in overtime over the past five years, according to an agreement announced yesterday by the Labor Department. (Sunspot.net -- Business)
Potomac passageways to aid upstream migration of eels (David Dishneau) Jan 21, 2007
The projects at dams four and five in the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park are the latest in a series of eelways planned or already built in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, which holds the greatest abundance of eels along the East Coast. Eel populations have diminished, though, prompting the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service to consider whether they should be protected under the Endangered Species Act. (Washington Times)
