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If ever completed, the gondola would drop riders near an entrance to the C&O Canal close to the Georgetown Waterfront. Joe Sternlieb, president of the Georgetown BID, said he hopes a revitalized ...
Now, 185 years after the Lady Washington made headlines, and nine years after the C&O Canal in Georgetown last had a boat, craftsmen are building a new one for the legendary body of water that ...
WASHINGTON (7News) — Georgetown Heritage’s Chesapeake and Ohio (C&O) Canal boat tours in Washington, D.C. are set to return for a second season on May 5 -- that's two years earlier than ...
After a decade-long hiatus, you can once again take a boat ride along Georgetown’s historic C&O Canal. The Canal, which was built in the mid-1800s, has undergone a multi-year restoration. Hour-long, ...
Georgetown Heritage and the park service remain committed to their shared goal of preserving and ensuring the public’s use of that that 1-mile stretch of the C&O Canal that runs from the zero ...
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 ...
WASHINGTON (ABC7) — A huge project to restore the historic C&O Canal in Georgetown recently reached a milestone – water began flowing in certain areas for the first time in about two years.
Georgetown Heritage, a new nonprofit organization, will oversee the renewal of the C&O Canal Boat, called the Georgetown, which has been out of commission since 2011. Georgetown Heritage, a new ...
Officials say the Georgetown section of the C&O Canal will be drained for approximately 30 months to allow for a major restoration of Locks 1, 2, and 5, as well as critical valve and wall repairs.
“We have heard a lot of excitement about the boat’s return,” said Christiana Hanson, C & O Canal National Historical Park’s chief of interpretation, education, and volunteers. Georgetown Heritage, the ...
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 ...