ʻO nā mea a pau e pili ana i ka Chesapeake a me ka Ohio Canal National Historic Park
ʻO ka Chesapeake a me Ohio Canal (C &ʻO Canal) he kahua kūlana kaulana o ka'āina kahi moʻolelo hoihoi e pili ana i ka makahiki 1800. E holo anaʻo ia he 184.5 mau mile ma kaʻaoʻao'ākau o ka muliwaiʻo Potomac , e hoʻomaka ana i Georgetown a pau i Cumberland, Maryland . ʻO ka towpath ma ke kahawai C & O kekahi mau wahi maikaʻi loa no ka hoʻolimalima i waho ma Washington DC. Hāʻawi ka National Park Service i nā holo moku holo moana a me nā mea wehewehe'ōlelo hoʻolālā i ka wā o ke kauwela, ke kauwela, a me ka hāʻuleʻana.
Ka Hoʻohanohano A me ka C & O Canal
- Hikina -O kahi o nā wahi maikaʻi loa o ka'āina eʻoluʻolu ai i keʻano, hiki i ka C & O Canal National Park ke hāʻawi aku i ka nani a me ka'āina maʻalahi i ka nui o nā ala hele. No ka holoʻoi aku ka maʻalahi, e nānā i ka Billy Goat Trail.
- ʻO ka holoʻana -ʻO ka lōʻihi o 184 mau mile o ka Towpath ma waena o Georgetown a me Cumberland, MD hiki ke hoʻouluʻia. ʻO ka 20 mau mile heʻoi aku ka ikaika loa. Ke hāʻawi aku nei ka'Āpana o Crescent i kahi papa pāʻani e pili ana i ka Towpath mai Georgetown a Bethesda. Aia nā kaʻa bike ma kahi alahele ma Fletchers Boat House (mile 3.1).
- Ka lawaiʻa - Ponoʻia ka laikini lawaiʻa no nā makahiki 16-65.
- Keʻauʻana a me ka holoʻana -ʻO ka lawaiʻa a me ke kayak e kaulana i nā paukū mai Georgetown i Violettes Lock (mile 22). Hiki i nā waʻa ke hoʻolimalimaʻia ma ka Swains Lock a me nā Fletchers Cove. ʻAʻoleʻaeʻia nā moku hoʻokele.
- ʻO ka holo lio - Hiki ke hoʻoholoʻia nā lio ma kahi o 160 mile o nā mile he 184.5 o ke kolo. ʻAʻole lākou eʻaeʻia ma waena o Georgetown (mile 0) a me Swains Lock (mile 16.6) a maiʻole Offutt Street (mile 181.8) i ka Cumberland (mile 184.5). Hiki i ka poʻe holo lio ke kuleana e hoʻokuʻu i ka meaʻai.
- Hoʻowāʻia ka papahana .
C & O Canal Visitor Centers
- Georgetown - 1057 Thomas Jefferson St., NW, Washington, DC (202) 653-5190. Hiki ke loaʻa ka hale kipa malihini mai ka 30th Street.
- Ka Hale Paʻi Nui - 11710 MacArthur Blvd, Potomac, MD (301) 767-3714. Aia kahi uku komo ($ 5 no ka kaʻa, $ 3 i kēlā me kēia kanaka i ka wāwae a i ka kaʻa) e komo i ka papa. Hoʻolālāʻia nā'auwaʻa pae moku huki i nā mahina hoʻomehana o ka makahiki. Ua kūkuluʻia ka Hale Kūkaʻikaʻi ma kahi hale loka a i kēia lā e hōʻike ana i nā hōʻike pāʻani e pili ana i ka moʻaukala o ke kahawai.
- Waimānalo - 40 West Potomac Street Brunswick, MD (301) 834-7100. Ke hōʻikeʻia nei ka Hui Pūnaewele i nā hiʻona e hōʻike ana i ka moʻolelo pilina o ka'āpana e like me ka Brunswick Railroad.
- Williamsport - 205 W. Potomac St., Williamsport, MD (301) 582-0813. Aia ka Hale Kipa i kahi hale kūʻai kahiko ma ka moku o Cushwa.
- Hancock - 439 E. Main St., Hancock, MD (301) 678-5463. ʻO ka Hale Hoʻohanohanoʻo Bowlesʻo ia ka hale hōkele malihini hou o Hancock a me ka hāʻawiʻana i nā hōʻike he nui.
- Cumberland - Western Maryland Kealakeʻa, Mokuna 100, 13 Canal St., Cumberland, MD (301) 722-8226 -ʻO ka weheweheʻana i nā mea e pili ana i ka moemokuʻana o ka'āina aia i loko o ka Hale Hōkele Kahikiʻo 1913 Western Maryland.
Ka moʻaukala o C & O Canal
Ma nā kenekulia 18 a me 19,ʻo Georgetown a me Alexandria he mau awa nui no ka hoʻolahaʻana i ka paka, ka palaoa, ka whiskey, ka lāʻau, ka lāʻau a me nā mea'ē aʻe. ʻO Cumberland,ʻo Maryland ka mea hana nui o kēia mau mea aʻo ka 184.5 mile o ke kahawaiʻo Potomac kahi alakaʻi nui ma waena o Cumberland aʻo ka Chesapeake Bay . ʻO nā wailele ma ka Potomac,ʻo ia hoʻiʻo ka Great Falls a me ka Little Falls, ua hikiʻole ke hoʻokele waʻa moku.
No ka hoʻoholoʻana i kēia pilikia, ua hana nā mea inikua i ka C & O Canal, he pūnaewele me nā wili e holo kokoke ana i ka muliwai e hāʻawi i kahi ala e hoʻokuʻu ai i nā waiwai i ka muliwai ma ka moku. Ua hoʻomakaʻia ke kūkuluʻiaʻana o ka Canal C & O i ka makahiki 1828 a 74 mau wili i pau i ka makahiki 1850.ʻO ka papahana mua e hoʻolāʻihi i ke kahawai i ka muliwaiʻo Ohio, akā,ʻaʻole i loaʻa ma muli o ka holomuaʻana o ke alanui kaʻaʻo Baltimore & Ohio (B & O) e hoʻokuʻu i ke kahawai mai ka hoʻohanaʻana. Ua hanaʻia ke kahawai mai 1828 - 1924. He mau haneli hanana hanu,ʻo ia hoʻi nā wili a me nā hale paʻahao, ke kū nei a hoʻomanaʻo mai nei i ka moʻolelo o ke kahawai. Mai ka makahiki 1971, ua lilo ke kahawai i wahi mākele'āina, e hāʻawi ana i kahi e hauʻoli ai i waho a aʻo e pili ana i ka moʻolelo o ka'āina.