Duk Game da Chesapeake da Ohio Canal National Historic Park
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal (C & O Canal) yana da tarihin tarihi mai tarihi wanda yana da tarihi mai ban sha'awa tun daga karni na 18. Yana tafiya 184.5 mil tare da bankin arewa na Potomac River , fara a Georgetown da kuma ƙare a Cumberland, Maryland . Kayan goge tare da C & O Canal yana ba da wasu wurare masu kyau don shakatawa na waje a yankin Washington DC. Ofishin Jakadancin na Amirka yana ba da gudunmawar jiragen ruwa da kuma fassarori masu fasali a lokacin bazara, rani, da kuma fadi.
Gida Tare da C & O Canal
- Hiking -Yawan wuraren mafi kyau na yankin don jin dadin yanayi, C & O Canal National Park yana ba da kyakkyawan wuri da sauƙi a kan mafi yawan hanyoyin tafiya. Don ƙarin haɗari, bincika Billy Goat Trail.
- Bike -Yawan kilomita 184 na Towpath tsakanin Georgetown da Cumberland, MD za a iya yin biked. Na farko 20 miles ne mafi amfani da. Hanya ta Crescent Trail tana samar da wani shingen da ke gefe a kusa da Towpath daga Georgetown zuwa Bethesda. Biyan biyun suna samuwa a kan hanya a Fletchers Boat House (kilomita 3.1).
- Fishing - Ana buƙatar lasisi na lasisi don mutane 16-65.
- Kaya da kayatarwa -Kama da kayaking suna shahara a cikin sassan daga Georgetown zuwa Locklettes Lock (mile 22). Za a iya haya hanyoyi a Swains Lock da Fletchers Cove. An haramta jiragen motsa jiki.
- Rundun doki na Horseback -Sai iya kwance a kan kimanin kilomita 160 na tsutsa mai tsayi. Ba a bar su ba tsakanin Georgetown (mil 0) da Swains Lock (mil 16.6) ko kuma daga Offutt Street (mil 181.8) zuwa Cumberland (mil 184.5). Masu hawan tafiya suna da alhakin cire kayan lambu.
- An haramta biki.
C & O Canal Visitor Centres
- Georgetown - 1057 Thomas Jefferson St., NW, Washington, DC (202) 653-5190. Cibiyar baƙo ta samo asali ne daga hanyar 30th.
- Great Falls Tavern - 11710 MacArthur Blvd, Potomac, MD (301) 767-3714. Akwai ƙofar ƙofar ($ 5 ta kowace motar, $ 3 da mutum a lokacin da yake tafiya ko kuma keke) don shiga wurin shakatawa. Ana ba da gudummawar jirgin ruwa na jiragen ruwan a cikin watanni masu zafi na shekara. An gina Cibiyar Nazari a matsayin gidan mai ɗaukar hoto kuma a yau yana nuna hulɗa tsakanin tarihin tashar.
- Brunswick - 40 West Potomac Street Brunswick, MD (301) 834-7100. Cibiyar Binciken Abubuwan Hulɗa tana nuna alamar tarihin sufuri na yankin ciki har da Brunswick Railroad.
- Williamsport - 205 W. Potomac St., Williamsport, MD (301) 582-0813. Cibiyar Nazari tana cikin wani ɗaki mai tsofaffin ɗakunan da ke cikin kwaminis na Cushwa.
- Hancock - 439 E. Main St., Hancock, MD (301) 678-5463. Gidan tarihi Bowles House ya zama sabon gidan baƙo na Hancock kuma ya ba da dama ga nuna tarihi.
- Cumberland - Yammacin Maryland Railway Station, Room 100, 13 Canal St., Cumberland, MD (301) 722-8226 - Harkokin fassara yana nuna tarihin sufuri na yankin da ke cikin tarihi na 1913 a Yammacin West Maryland.
Tarihin C & O Canal
A cikin ƙarni na 18th da 19, Georgetown da Alexandria sune manyan tashar jiragen ruwa don rarraba taba, hatsi, whiskey, furs, katako da wasu abubuwa. Cumberland, Maryland ta kasance mai mahimmanci daga cikin waɗannan abubuwa kuma tashar jirgin Potomac na 184.5 shine babban hanyar sufuri tsakanin Cumberland da Chesapeake Bay . Rigun ruwa a kan Potomac, musamman ma Great Falls da Little Falls, sun sa jirgin ruwa ba zai yiwu ba.
Don magance wannan matsala, injiniyoyi sun kirkiro C & O Canal, tsarin da kullun da ke gudana a layi tare da kogi don samar da hanyar da za ta motsa kayatar da kaya ta hanyar jirgin ruwa. Ginin C & O Canal ya fara ne a shekara ta 1828 kuma an rufe kullun 74 a 1850. Tsarin da aka tsara shi ne ya shimfiɗa tashar zuwa Kogin Ohio, amma hakan bai faru ba saboda nasarar nasarar Baltimore & Ohio (B & O) Railroad sanya canal daga amfani. Canal ya gudana tun daga 1828 zuwa 1924. Daruruwan sassa na asali, ciki har da ƙuƙuka da kulle, suna tsayawa da tunatar da mu tarihin tashar. Tun 1971, canal ya zama filin shakatawa, samar da wuri don jin dadin rayuwa a waje da kuma sanin labarin tarihin yankin.