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Hike The Trail
The Chessie Trail Today The Trail begins in Jordans Point Park in Lexington, just below the cliffs of the Maury and Virginia Military Institute on VMI Island. The Trail originally crossed the Maury directly from the park on a footbridge that stood on the foundations of the old C&O railroad trestle, washed out in 1969 by Hurricane Camille. Today, the Trail leaves Jordans Point at Route 11 and crosses Veterans Bridge going north across the Maury. From there, walkers, runners, and cyclists may turn left onto Furrs Mill Road and descend to the Trail along the north shore of the Maury; travel under the bridge onto the “industrial” section of the Trail, and reach the more wooded area at the Mill Creek Gate. |
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Recently Philip de Vos of the Virginia Canals and Navigations Society took us on a slide show tour of the remains of the canal system along the Chessie see below
