First Aid assistance is available at the Ranger Station located in the brown brick/log cabin, which is between the Filene Center plaza area and Encore Circle. If you have a first aid or medical situation while you are in the park, please contact the nearest park employee, or visit the Ranger Station for assistance.
Did You Know?
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.