A Canal to the West

Historical marker location:

2700 Virginia Avenue Northwest, Foggy Bottom, District of Columbia

( Marker is on Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway Northwest, 0.1 miles south of Virginia Avenue Northwest, on the right when traveling south.)

The District was originally much larger: The District of Columbia originally included land from both Maryland and Virginia, but in 1846, the portion of the District that had been taken from Virginia was returned to the state.