Hais txog Chesapeake thiab Ohio Canal National Historic Park
Lub Chesapeake & Ohio Canal (C & O Canal) yog ib lub teb chaws historic park uas muaj keeb kwm nthuav tawm thaum rov qab mus rau lub xyoo pua paub. Nws khiav 184.5 mais ntawm ntug dej hiav txwv ntawm Potomac River , pib hauv Georgetown thiab kawg ntawm Cumberland, Maryland . Lub vias raws C & O Canal muaj qee qhov chaw zoo tshaj rau kev ua si sab nraum zoov hauv cheeb tsam Washington DC. Lub Chaw Ua Si National Park muaj cov kev caij nkoj kwj dej thiab cov kev pab txhais lus rau lub caij nplooj ntoos hlav, lub caij ntuj sov, thiab lub caij nplooj zeeg.
Kev Ua Si Raws Luam C & O
- Hiking -Neeg ntawm thaj av qhov chaw zoo tshaj plaws los mus txaus siab rau qhov, C & O Canal National Park muaj cov xwm txheej zoo nkauj thiab yooj yim struts ntawm feem ntau ntawm nws txoj kev taug kev. Rau qhov kev sib tw yooj yim dua, xyuas seb Billy Goat Trail.
- Kev caij npav - tag nrho 184 mais ntawm Towpath ntawm Georgetown thiab Cumberland, MD tuaj yeem biked. Thawj 20 mais yog qhov siv ntau tshaj plaws. Capital Crescent Trail muab lub paved nto khiav ncaj nraim rau lub Tawpath ntawm Georgetown mus rau Bethesda. Kev caij tsheb kaujvab muaj nyob rau ntawm txoj kev taug ntawm Fletchers Nkoj Lub Tsev (mais 3.1).
- Nuv ntses -Daim cai nuv ntses yog yuav tsum muaj rau cov neeg hnub nyoog 16 txog 65 xyoos.
- Boating thiab Kayaking -Canoeing thiab kayaking yog nrov nyob rau hauv cov seem ntawm Georgetown rau Violettes Xauv (mais 22). Canoes tuaj yeem xauj ntawm Swains Lock thiab Fletchers Cove. Cov nkoj tsis muaj cav raug txwv.
- Horseback Caij- Horses muaj peev xwm raug caij li ntawm 160 mais ntawm 184.5 mais ntawm kev sib tw. Tsis pub lawv nyob ntawm Georgetown (mais 0) thiab Swains Lock (mais 16.6) los yog ntawm Txoj Kev Ncaws Nroog (mile 181.8) mus rau Cumberland (mais 184.5). Cov neeg caij npav yog lub luag haujlwm rau kev thauj tsiaj.
- Kev ua luam dej yog txwv.
C & O Koog Neeg Qhua Cov Chaw
- Georgetown - 1057 Thomas Jefferson St., NW, Washington, DC (202) 653-5190. Tus neeg tuaj xyuas koj lub tsev qhua tuaj yeem nkag mus ntawm 30th Street.
- Yawm Tsam Nruab Nrab - 11710 MacArthur Blvd, Potomac, MD (301) 767-3714. Muaj ib qho nqi nkag ($ 5 rau ib lub tsheb, $ 3 toj ib tus neeg thaum mus ko taw lossis tsheb kaujvab) nkag mus rau hauv lub tiaj ua si. Cov kauj vab dej ntub cov kauj ruam muaj caij nkoj thaum lub caij sov sov lub xyoo. Lub Chaw Nkag Qhua tau tsa los ua lub tsev kaw neeg lub tsev thiab hnub no qhia cov khoom sib tham sib tham txog keeb kwm ntawm cov kwj dej.
- Brunswick - 40 West Potomac Street Brunswick, MD (301) 834-7100. Lub Chav Visitor Center nthuav qhia cov keeb kwm tsheb thauj mus los ntawm cheeb tsam nrog rau Brunswick Railroad.
- Williamsport - 205 W. Potomac St., Williamsport, MD (301) 582-0813. Lub Chaw Nkag Tebchaws yog nyob hauv ib lub tsev khaws khoom qub nrog Cushwa's Basin.
- Hancock - 439 E. Main St., Hancock, MD (301) 678-5463. Lub tsev Tawm Lag Luam cov Vaj Huam Sib Luag tau ua hauj lwm raws li Hancock cov chaw tuaj xyuas tshiab thiab muaj ntau yam kev qhia txog keeb kwm.
- Cumberland - Western Maryland Railway Station, Chaav 100, 13 Canal St., Cumberland, MD (301) 722-8226 - Cov ntawv pov thawj ntawm cov tsheb thauj mus los ntawm thaj chaw muaj nyob rau hauv qhov chaw ntawm 1913 Western Maryland Railway Station.
Keeb kwm ntawm C & O Kwg deg
Thaum xyoo 18th thiab 19th, Georgetown thiab Alexandria yog qhov chaw loj tshaj plaws rau kev faib cov pa luam yeeb, hmoov nplej, whiskey, khoob, ntoo thiab lwm yam khoom. Cumberland, Maryland yog ib qhov tseem ceeb ntawm cov khoom no thiab 184.5 mais ntawm Potomac River yog txoj kev mus los ntawm Cumberland thiab Chesapeake Bay . Cov dej nyob rau hauv Potomac, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog lub Ntug Hiav Txwv thiab Cov Ntog Ntws, ua kev thauj mus los tsis yooj yim.
Yuav kom daws tau qhov teeb meem no, engineers tsim lub C & O Canal, lub kaw lus nrog cov xauv yuam kev uas khiav mus rau qhov dej kom muab ib txoj kev hloov khoom mus rau hauv tus dej ntawm lub nkoj. Kev tsim kho C & O Kwg deg pib xyoo 1828 thiab 74 tau ua tiav xyoo 1850. Lub phiaj xwm yuavtsum yog mus txuas ntxiv rau kwj dej hauv Ohio Hav dej, tabsis tsis tau tshwm sim vim tias kev vam meej ntawm Baltimore & Ohio (B & O) Railroad nws thiaj li muab cov kwj deg tso tawm ntawm kev siv. Cov kwj dej ua hauj lwm los ntawm 1828 - 1924. Pua pua ntawm cov khoom qub, suav nrog cov rooj xauv thiab cov chaw nkaum, tseem sawv ntsug thiab qhia peb txog keeb kwm ntawm cov kwj deg. Txij li thaum xyoo 1971 lub kwj deg tau ua ib lub tiaj ua si, muab qhov chaw txaus siab rau sab nraum zoov thiab kawm txog thaj av ntawd keeb kwm.