On April 5, 2017 the WooFDriver and his crew headed out the the Armstrong Trail in Western Pennsylvania for a Furwheeling mushing adventure. Along the trail you can see historical remnants of old villages, an old train turntable and a coaling tower that still stands over the trail, just to name a few. The Allegheny River was first used to float lumber to the Ohio River in 1806. In 1837 the Allegheny Valley Rail Road Company opened and began hauling the lumber along with iron ore, coal and farming products.
To learn more about the trail visit www.armstrongrailstotrails.org
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A favorite place to take the WooFPAK mushing! The canal is 184.5 miles long! The National Park Service is preserving America’s early transportation history. Operating for nearly 100 years the canal was a lifeline for communities along the Potomac River as coal, lumber and agricultural products floated down the waterway to market. Today it serves as a pathway to discover historical, natural and recreational treasures!
National Parks Service Website to learn more about the C&O Canal
Here is a photo album complied of the many Mushing trips the WooFDriver and the WooFPAK rolled on the C&O Towpath!
Please check out the videos the WooFDriver and his crew have made while Mushing the C&O Canal Towpath!
While out on another WooFPAK adventure, the WooFDriver came across the Trametes Aesculi Mushroom in plentiful supply. They are related to the Turkey Tail Mushroom, another variety of Trametes. They are white in color when young but turn brown as they age.
To learn more https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/490889-Trametes-aesculi
On January 9, 2013 the WooFDriver mushed the WooFPAK on the eastern most section of the C&O Canal Towpath in Georgetown, Washington D.C.. Now located in northwest D.C., Georgetown was founded in 1751 in the Province of Maryland, predating the City of Washington 40 years. The C&O Canal provided an economic boost for Georgetown in the 1820’s and 1830’s as an important shipping center for tobacco and other goods.
Wikipedia’s Webpage to learn more about Georgetown’s history
Enjoy this photo album from this Mushing Tour!
Also, enjoy the video footage from the Mush!
The WooFDriver and PAK have Mushed the C&O Canal Towpath several times in the area of Great Falls at milepost 14.3, but the view never gets old! From 1785 to 1828 the Patowmack Canal Company constructed and operated here, but when the company went bankrupt in 1828, they turned over their assets to the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company. What is now the visitors center, the Great Falls Tavern hotel was built by the canal company and opened in 1831.
Great Falls Historical Society’s Website to learn more about Great Falls
National Parks Service Website another resource to learn more about the area
Here is photos from the Mushing Tour on January 7, 2014!
This album is January 9, 2013, with great pictures of the falls!
Enjoy these videos from the Mushing Adventures around the Great Falls area!
On January 2, 2013 the WooFDriver and his crew took the PAK on a Mushing Tour of the C&O Canal Towpath in the area of Violettes Lock by mile marker 22.1. Violettes Lock also known as Lock 23 was built in 1830 out of Seneca Red Sandstone in Montgomery County, Maryland. It could take 2 1/2-10 minutes for each boat to get through a lock going either direction on the canal, but the average was 3 minutes per boat.
Wikipedia’s Webpage to read more about Lock 23
Wikipedia’s Webpage to read about all the lock construction on the C&O Canal
Enjoy the album from this Mushing adventure!
Video footage from the Mush!
On December 13, 2013 the WooFDriver took the PAK for a Mushing Tour of the C&O Canal Towpath in the area of Edwards Ferry. Located at milepost 30.8 Edwards Ferry is home to Lockhouse 25 which was built in 1830. The lockkeeper and his family had a front row seat to the Civil War as this location was a major crossing for both the Union and Confederate troops going to battle.
Canal Trust Website to learn more about this area
Please enjoy the photo album from the Mushing Tour!
Here is from another Mushing Tour on January 29, 2015 in the Edwards Ferry area. 
Here is video footage from the Edwards Ferry section of the C&O Canal!
WooFDriver has taken the WooFPAK on a couple Mushing Tours in the area of Whites Ferry along the C&O Canal Towpath at mile marker 35.5. Whites Ferry is the only ferry service still in use on the Potomac River. The ferry uses a cable system under the water that carries vehicles, pedestrians and bikes across the river. It began operation in 1817 and was known at the time as Conrads Ferry.
Wikipedia’s Webpage to learn more about the Ferry
Canal Trust Website another resource to learn more about the C&O Canal
Enjoy the photos from the adventures!
Please enjoy these videos from the Mushing Tours!
On October 10, 2013 the WooFPAK went on a Midnight Musher Tour of the C&O Canal Towpath in the area of the Monocacy Aqueduct at mile 42.2. The aqueduct is the largest on the canal measuring 438 feet long. It was the target of several attacks during the American Civil War, but the hard stone construction, mainly of large quartzite stone blocks, made it impossible for the soldiers to drill enough holes to place explosives in the structure.
Wikipedia’s Webpage to read more
Here is the photo album from this exciting Midnight Mushing Tour!
Please enjoy the video footage from Mushing in this area on the Towpath!
On December 7, 2012 the WooFDriver and his crew took the WooFPAK on a Mushing Tour of the C&O Canal at milepost 48.2 in the area of Point of Rocks. In 1828 the narrow passage between the rocks provoked a legal battle between the canal and railroad companies over who would have control of the narrow passage. Both the C&O Canal Company and the B&O Railroad compromised and a wall was built between the two so the trains would not scare the mules that pulled the canal boats.
Wikipedia’s Webpage to learn more
Enjoy this photo album from this Mushing adventure!
Here is video footage of the Mushing Tour in this area!