Dozens came out to Lock 4 along the C&O Canal on Wednesday to wave goodbye to the beloved "Georgetown" boat while marking a new phase of restoration. Mules towed the boat away for a final time.

Troop 47 Life Scout Carter Kennedy is aiming to deliver a refinished canal buoy boat to the Town of Pendleton by late summer, in concert with area-wide commemorations of the Erie Canal bicentennial.

Restoration of the C&O Canal through Georgetown, a project being funded by the National Park Service, gets underway early next year, dry-docking the guided tour boat until 2025. But, tours will still ...

Georgetown Heritage’s Chesapeake and Ohio (C&O) Canal boat tours will return for a second season sooner than initially expected. The tours along the Georgetown waterway will resume May 5, Georgetown ...

It’s the highlight of the trip. The Josiah White II gets towed by mules in the Lehigh Canal at Hugh Moore Park in Easton and winds up at Lock 47. Passengers in the historic canal boat enter the lock, ...

One of Georgetown’s best-loved tourist attractions — a mule-drawn canal boat traversing the C&O Canal — is one large step closer to returning after the restoration of Locks 3 and 4 in the heart of the ...

The Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park stretches 184 miles along the Potomac River, from the mouth of Rock Creek at Georgetown in Washington, D.C., to Cumberland, Md. The canal attracts ...

After a weekend-long journey, an 80-foot-long, 12-foot-wide, $1.5-million boat was spotted for the first time yesterday in the newly flowing Chesapeake & Ohio Canal in Georgetown. After three years of ...

It was late in 1953, and several individuals interested in the area’s history began to band. This was not to demonstrate or to protest some indignation or affront. No, this was to promote an aspect of ...