You Can Ride a Replica 19th-century Canal Boat on This Historic Canal for Free—Here’s How to Experience It

You Can Ride a Replica 19th-century Canal Boat on This Historic Canal for Free—Here’s How to Experience It

Visitors can step back in time along the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal with ranger-led rides and history lessons. Launch boats docked at Cushwa Basin.Credit: Stephanie Spencer/Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historic ParkIn 1828, as America strained toward its first great expansion westward, construction began on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. It was the height of the transportation revolution, when water—not roads—was the fastest way to move peopl…