The break was first noticed on security cameras off the Clara Barton Parkway just north of the District line Jan. 19, and within several days, crews from DC Water were able to segregate much of the spill into the paralleling Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, according to local reports. Rather than most cases where a state line runs down the center of a waterway, Maryland controls nearly all the Potomac — save for the part where the District of Columbia briefly covers the Old Line State’s historical boundaries. The unique boundary also is why eccentricities like Lady Bird Johnson Island, on the "Virginia side" of the Potomac near the Pentagon, are actually in the District of Columbia.
Published at: 2026-02-16 22:18:56
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