• Historic Shot of Canal Boat on the Canal

    Chesapeake & Ohio Canal

    National Historical Park DC,MD,WV

Boat and Bicycle Rentals

The National Park Service partners with two concessioners in the downstream end of the canal.

The Boathouse at Fletchers Cove located at milepost 3.2
Bicycle and Kayak Rentals
www.fletcherscove.com

Thompson Boat Center located at milepost 0
Bicyle and Kayak Rentals
www.thompsonboatcenter.com

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.