• Historic Shot of Canal Boat on the Canal

    Chesapeake & Ohio Canal

    National Historical Park DC,MD,WV

Bookstore

Section of Great Falls Bookstore.

NPS Photo

Bookstore at Great Falls.

The bookstores of the C&O Canal are maintained by our cooperating association Eastern National. Books may be purchased at park visitor centers or online. Visitor center hours and book selections vary. For more information, please click on the Eastern National link. To call Eastern National and order books, please call: 1-877-NAT-PARK.

Did You Know?

Drawing DaVinci's lock gate design 1485.

Transporting goods and people by canal dates back to antiquity.  The lock gates used on the C&O Canal were an adaptation of a design by Leonardo DaVinci in the late 1400's.  Until the advent of the railroad, water travel was far superior to land travel.