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 8/1/07
Harrison Island - Part 1
Potomac River
Montgomery County, MD
Mark Burchick
Harrison Island
Potomac River, Montgomery County, MD
Joe Brown - Found to the left of
the concrete landing to the island,
where you tie-off your boat.
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I spent much of today with Joe
Brown, the steward/owner of the
400-acre Harrison Island, just south
of Whites Ferry. We are
evaluating the island for forest and
wetland mitigation opportunity. |
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Because of relatively calm
water, this site has been used
for continuous ferry operations
since 1817. Confederate,
Elijah White purchased the site
and named his ferry boat after
his commander, General Jubal
Early. The ferry connects
Leesburg, Virginia to Montgomery
County, Maryland and was used
numerous times by General's
J.E.B. Stuart and Robert E. Lee.
It costs $4.00 to ferry your car
across the river. We
launched Joe's Mercury Jet-Drive
jon-boat from Whites Ferry.
The jet-drive allows the boat to
run on water as shallow as
1-foot deep. |
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An immature white ibis
(Eudocimus albus) has an
ample supply of small fish to
feed on. Typically
this southern species will go no
further than the coasts of South
and North Carolina, OMG, must be
global warming! |
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Tall Coneflower (Rudbeckia
laciniata) was common above
the river banks. |
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The private island has a
riparian wood fringe of
hackberry and boxelder, with the
majority interior in active
agriculture, numerous habitat
improvements, food plots,
managed meadows and duck pools.
The island has no electricity
but does have a hunting lodge, a
'double-brick' house dating to
1850, silos, barns and other
out-buildings. |
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The hunting lodge is built over
a former bank-barn |
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The river was loaded with the
native, submerged aquatic
vegetation (SAV) known as water
stargrass (Heteranthera
dubia). This
land-based form develops a waxy
cuticle and leathery leaves,
versus the long, grass-like
strands in the flowing water. |
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Wingstem (Verbesina
alternifolia) and varieties
of Bidens sunflowers
were beginning to flower,
indicative of the coming
aspect-dominant, late summer and
early autumn flowers. |
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Mark and Jeb went with (I need
to get them out during summer
vacation) and they toured the
property using a six-wheeled Cub
Cadet with a Honda engine, and
they got in some fishing too.
We saw many bluegill,
large-mouth bass and monster
carp between and within the open
patches of SAV. Water
quality/clarity looked great,
and I bet small-mouth bass
abound. |
Submitted by Mark Burchick
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