Re: [MDOsprey] pelican still here 8/19
Robert (robert@csa.com)
Fri, 20 Aug 1999 11:18:02 -0400
At 09:23 AM 08/20/1999 -0400, Elliot Kirschbaum wrote:
>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
Hi Elliot,
Actually, the border funnies go back to early colonial times. I believe
the charter for Virginia only granted land up to the river bank/mean high
tide line. The borders were already fixed when the constitution was
ratified beginning in 1787. When Congress retroceded the Virginia portion
of the District of Columbia well before the Civil War, everything on the
Virginia side of the Potomac up to the mean high water/tide line was
returned.
Rob Hilton
Bethesda, MD
Maryland/DC resident since 1981
Virginia resident before 1981