The barges long ago stopped plying the 180-mile Chesapeake & Ohio Canal between Georgetown and Cumberland, Md. But along its path, glimpses of the past remain — from lock houses and aqueducts to dams ...

WILLIAMSPORT, Md. (AP) -- The National Park Service says it's launching a tourist boat this spring in the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park at Williamsport. Ranger Curt Gaul says the ...

WILLIAMSPORT — Okay, so Williamsport was passed over in its consideration to be the location for the nation’s capital in the 1700s. It’s no problem as an estimated 700 guests — including Gov. Larry ...

WILLIAMSPORT, Md. (AP) -- The National Park Service said Monday it aims to make the western Maryland town of Williamsport a star attraction of the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park, ...

The National Park Service has broken ground on a new C&O Canal Headquarters and Visitors Center in Williamsport, Maryland. The groundbreaking also marked the opening of the restored Conococheague ...

In April 1835, an elegant new vessel entered the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal at Dam No. 5 and descended about six miles to the boat basin at Williamsport, Md. It was the Lady Washington, a “handsomely ...

WILLIAMSPORT, Md. (AP) - For the first time since 1924, canal boats can pass under the Western Maryland Railroad lift bridge in Williamsport. Last month, work on the lift bridge at the Chesapeake and ...

— The end of summer doesn’t mean the end of boat rides in the C&O Canal at Williamsport. Managers of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park in this Western Maryland town say the ...

WILLIAMSPORT — The western Maryland town of Williamsport is debating whether to continue focusing its efforts on further developing Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park. The Herald-Mail ...

WILLIAMSPORT, Md. (DC News Now) — Layoffs implemented by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) at the National Park Service are drawing protests from enthusiasts of the C&O Canal. The ...