CUMBERLAND, Md. (WUSA9) -- Information is wanted on a hiker who is believed to have gone missing on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal's towpath in July, according to the National Park Service.
Ritchard Temple started hiking the towpath from the Harper's Ferry area and went west to the canal's terminus in Cumberland, officials said. Temple is believed to have started hiking back from Harper's Ferry from Cumberland on the towpath when nobody heard from him again.
He was last known to be in the Town Creek area of the park on July 25, which is about five miles east of Oldtown located in Allegany County. The missing man may have stayed at the park's Town Creek hiker/biker campsite.
Temple is described as a white man in his early 50's, standing about 6'0" tall and weighing 200 pounds. He has blue eyes, blond/gray hair and wears glasses. Temple walks with a limp and uses a cane or walking stick. He also has limited use of his right arm.
Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Ritchard Temple or who may have had any communications with him along the trail are asked to contact the National Park Service's communication center at 301-714-2235.
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