Join Jon Wolz on Monday, November 21st at 10:00 a.m. (Rain Date 11/22) for another Fall Pop Up Walk on the C&O Canal. Meet at the parking lot at Riley’s Lock (Lock 24) mile 22.82—Walk across the Seneca Aqueduct to the Seneca Stone Cutting Mill, mile 23.03. Walk back to the towpath heading downstream crossing the aqueduct down to Violette’s Lock at mile 22.12 where we will view Feeder Dam 2 and the Inlet Lock 2. We will walk farther down the towpath to historic milestone “22 MILES to W.C.” at mile 22.02. Then we will return to lock 24. Round trip walk is about two miles.
Registration is required and limited to 15.
Jon Wolz, the leader of our “pop-up” walks and our local expert on the C&O Canal, has had a long history with the canal dating back to 1970. Jon has volunteered as a level walker with the C&O Canal Association (COCA) since 2015. His two levels encompass the area from White’s Ferry to Monocacy Aqueduct. Jon is a Canal Steward with the C&O Canal Trust for the Monocacy Aqueduct area and is the Poolesville representative for the Canal Towns Partnership. He also writes an occasional article in the Monocacy Monocle and his byline is “In Your Own Backyard”.