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Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park
Kids Canal Page
 
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Junior Ranger programs provide children with the opportunity to learn about park resources and receive badges for their accomplishments.

Hi Kids! Welcome to the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal's kid page. A page designed to help you learn all about the C&OCanal!

  • Have you ever met a mule?
  • Wondered how a lock works?
  • Are you interested in learning about what animals live near and in the canal?
  • Have you ever looked at a flower or tree and wondered what it was called?
  • Did you ever want to go back in time and live and work on a canal boat?

Social Studies Field Trips

Great Falls

Georgetown
Photo of Nell the mule
Meet The Mules
The mules which pull the canal boats at Georgetown and Great Falls are the favorite park employees.
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Photo Great Falls Tavern Visitor Center.
Visitor Center location and hours.
Where can you gain more knowledge about the C&O Canal?
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Historic photo of C&O canal boat circa 1910.
Public canal boat rides.
Take a trip back in time!
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Photo of park rangers interpreting building the canal.  

Did You Know?
Canal historians estimate approximately 35,000 laborers helped dig the canal as well as build aqueducts, culverts, locks, lock houses, etc. It took 22 years to build the canal from Georgetown, DC to Cumberland, MD. Much of the workforce were immigrants from Ireland and western Europe.

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Last Updated: July 30, 2006 at 18:38 EST