Editing Chesapeake and Ohio Canal (section)

==Legends and ghosts==
Many legends have been documented along the canal during its operating days:

[[image:Chesapeake and Ohio Canal 9 Mile level between 33 and 34 mile marker looking upstream.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Recent view of the 9 mile level (between 33 and 34 miles) where the ghosts were reported to haunt.]]
* On the 9 mile level around the 33–34 mile mark, some boats were used to transport soldiers to the [[Battle of Ball's Bluff]] during the [[American Civil War]]. One of the boats sank, and it was said that departed ghosts of the soldiers haunted the area. Canallers would avoid tying up at night in that area.<ref>[[#hahn-towpath|Hahn, Towpath Guide]] p. 68-69</ref> It was also said that the mules would sense it, and would hurry through the area (it was also called "Haunted House Bend"), and also that there were tales of a ghost dog there.<ref name="boatmen66">[[#hahn-boatmen|Hahn, Boatmen]] p. 66</ref>
* There was reported the ghost of an Indian chief on the 14 mile level around Big Pool.<ref name="boatmen66"/>
* A lady ghost was reported on the 2 mile level at Catoctin (between locks 28 and 29) which would walk over the waste weir, down the towpath and to the river.<ref name="boatmen66"/>
* A headless man was reported to haunt the [[Paw Paw Tunnel]].<ref>[[#hahn-towpath|Hahn, Towpath Guide]] p. 198</ref>
* A [[Romeo and Juliet]] like-story was documented near Lock 69 (Twigg's lock). (See [[Locks on the C&O Canal#Lock names]] for more info).
[[File:Monocacy Aqueduct, C&O Canal, MD.jpg|thumb|Monocacy Aqueduct in 2023, where the ghost of a robber could allegedly be seen on moonless nights]]
* A report of "buried treasure" somewhere between Nolands Ferry and the Monocacy river, that could be found if one followed a ghost of a robber, allegedly seen from time to time on moonless nights crossing the [[Monocacy Aqueduct]] carrying a lantern.<ref>[[#hahn-towpath|Hahn, Towpath Guide]] p. 82. Note: digging on park property is illegal without permission!</ref>