The mark consists of the text "Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park" in white with orange circles between each of the letters in the phrase "Ohio Canal" on a blue background and the drawing of a beige man in blue, gray and white clothing and a white hat, steering a brown, tan, lime green and beige boat down a blue water-filled red brick-walled canal, with green grass and trees in different shades of green, a tan path, and a blue, beige and gray house along the shore with a beige sky.