Retropolis A modern canal boat is headed to the C&O in Georgetown. It will be powered by both motors and mules. The 80-foot-long boat, which is expected to make its debut next year, is part of an ...

You have until Oct. 30 to take a guided boat tour of the first mile of the C&O Canal before the boat is put in dry dock and the canal is restored.

The old blue-and-white boat, “The Georgetown,” had operated for almost 30 years, but it was decommissioned in 2011 due to extensive damage and sat moldering in the canal. Advertisement ...

The Georgetown canal now has water flowing through it, and soon you will be able to ride in a brand new boat on it. “We hope to get as many visitors to travel the roughly one-mile trip up on the ...

Georgetown Heritage will resume its public boat rides along the C&O Canal on May 5. That’s two years earlier than previously reported last fall, when it was still unclear whether a tentative ...

BALTIMORE (WJZ) -- Boat rides are returning to Great Falls at the C&O Canal this summer, the National Park Service announced Monday. Visitors will be able to board a replica of the Charles F ...

The Quarters Boat #18, generally referred to as QB-18, was built in 1919. It had accommodations for 20 or more crew, a large galley and dining area, a bathroom, and an office.

Every canal in Pennsylvania closed in winter because you can't pull a boat through ice. And little by little, the decline of carriage of anthracite and other freight began to go down.