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Swains Lock Campsite to
Palisades Recreational Center along the C&O Canal, Maryland
~ 13.0 - 14.0 miles - Tuesday - May 12, 1981 - Day 396

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West Virginia to Washington, D.C. map


Maryland route information






The Progression of HikaNation - Maryland
details the journey with various organizational
memos, letters, newspaper and magazine articles.
Unofficial West Virginia to The Atlantic campsties
campsites

Unofficial HikaNation Campsites List


C&O Canal Tow Path
(map provided by Rex Halfpenny)

HikaNation Arrival - C&O Canal Segment
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, to Washington, D.C.

(provided by William Ewart & Marce Guerrein)

C&O Canal Tow Path
(map provided by Terry Ernst)
Photos below are from HikaNation's journey along the C&O Canal
from Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, to Washington, D.C. on May 9 - May 13, 1981.
Due to lack of photo-dating in 1981, some of the photos below may not be
from today, May 12, 1981, and they may not be in the correct hiking order.
(Corrections to be made if updated info is received.)

Along the C&O Canal - May 12, 1981
(photo by William Ewart)

Along the C&O Canal - May 12, 1981
(photo by William Ewart)

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on-the-C&O-Canal.jpg

(photo by Mike McReynolds)

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(photo by Mike McReynolds)
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(photo by Janet Parsons)

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(photo by Mike McReynolds)

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(photo by Mike McReynolds)




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Gomer Pyles, Gayle Rainbow, Janet Parsons
(photo by Mike McReynolds)

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Rob Burns
(photo by Mike McReynolds)


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(photo by Mike McReynolds)

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Keith Wright
(photo by Mike McReynolds)

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Linda Hull
(photo by Mike McReynolds)

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Jeannie Harmon & Larry Carpenter
(photo by Mike McReynolds)

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carrying-the-Canal-over-the-river.jpg

(photo by Mike McReynolds)

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(photo by Mike McReynolds)

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(photo by Mike McReynolds)



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(photo by Mike McReynolds)

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(photo by Mike McReynolds)


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(photo by Mike McReynolds)

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(photo by Mike McReynolds)

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(photo by Mike McReynolds)

(photo by Tim Geoghegan)

Barge at Great Falls
(photo by Rex Halfpenny)

(photo by Tim Geoghegan)

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(photo by Mike McReynolds)


(photo by Tim Geoghegan)

(photo by Tim Geoghegan)
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(photo by Janet Parsons)
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(photo by Janet Parsons)

Palisades Recreational Center Campsite
May 12, 1981
(photo by William Ewart)

HikaNation Blimp
May 12, 1981
(photo by William Ewart)

Palisades Recreational Center Campsite
May 12, 1981
(photo by William Ewart)


Hikers hard on the heels of America's soul
C&O Canal, Maryland
May 12, 1981

"Canadian Pete" McIntyre,
Lorraine Radomski, Gayle Fisher
Palisades Recreational Center Campsite
(photo by William Ewart)

Along the C&O Canal - May 12, 1981
(photo by William Ewart)
From William Ewart's journal:



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