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Mather Gorge

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Mather Gorge
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“Mather Gorge is a river gorge south and just downriver of Great Falls in the state of Maryland bordering Virginia. The Maryland land side of the gorge is Bear Island, part of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park, and the Virginia side is part of Great Falls Park. Both parks are…”
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BBC TravelSep 20

What it's like to sleep along Maryland's 200-year-old canal, one lock-keeper house at a time

The C&O Canal was a thriving 19th-Century waterway, and a strategic asset during the Civil War. Today, its historic lockhouses offer overnight guests a unique way to relive US history.

A steep, razor-narrow chasm on the Potomac River.

10 things in this story
  • Canal Quarters lockhousesHotelEight lockhouses available for overnight stays.
  • Lockhouse 10HotelFurnished to evoke the late 1930s.
  • Mather GorgeSightA steep, razor-narrow chasm on the Potomac River.
  • Lockhouse 21HotelOutfitted to recall 1916, the canal's twilight era.
  • Lockhouse 22HotelClosest to living like 19th-century lock-keepers; no electricity.
  • Seneca AqueductSightWater-filled bridge carrying canal over Seneca Creek.
  • Elsewhere
  • C&O Canal TowpathTrailWashington DC, United StatesRecreational trail running beside the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal.
  • GeorgetownNeighborhoodWashington DC, United StatesWashington DC's cobblestoned 18th-Century neighborhood.
  • Old Angler's InnRestaurantPotomac, United StatesOffers burgers and jugs of water for towpath users.
  • Great Falls Tavern Visitor CenterMuseumPotomac, United StatesA former lockhouse turned visitor center.
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