Re: [MDOsprey] pelican still here 8/19
Elliot Kirschbaum (ekirschb@bcpl.net)
Fri, 20 Aug 1999 09:23:13 -0400
On 8/19/99 7:19 PM BlkVulture@aol.com said
>On this note, I do have a question that someone out there may be able to
>answer. The ADC map of the District shows a small tip of Jones Point, on
>land, is actually in MD. It is the southern and eastern most portion of
>Jones Point. It is the land to the southeast of the two VA/MD Boundary
>Commission Markers. I also noted on another map that this was the case,
>that
>this small chunk of land is in MD. Anyone know anymore about this? I find
>it interesting that there may be a bit of MD on the "Virginia" side of the
>Potomac.
As a result of VA choosing the loosing side in the Civil War, MD owns
both shores of the Potomac. I am not certain about what defines the
shoreline, but it is my understanding that the west shore of the Potomac,
perhaps up to a high water mark, is Maryland.
Elliot Kirschbaum
Baltimore, MD USA
mailto:ekirschb@bcpl.net