Canal Place

The park includes the station plaza, a picnic area, a canal boat replica, a pedestrian bridge to George Washington’s Headquarters (part of Fort Cumberland), picnic area, Shops at Canal Place, the Crescent Lawn Festival Grounds, and the Western Maryland Railway Station, which is on the National Register of Historic Places.

Exhibits tell the story of the canal's construction, cargo, mules, locks, and crew.

The exhibit is operated by National Park Service and is located on the first floor of the railway station.

The Western Maryland Scenic Railroad offers rides on historic trains, and departs from the railway station.

Visitors can tour the mule shed, hay house, and furnished Captain's cabin.

Western Maryland Railway station, built in 1913, now part of Canal Place
Cumberland basin (looking at Guard lock #8) at the end of the C & O Canal.
Cumberland basin at Canal Place, looking towards Georgetown (184.5 miles down the canal).