Downstream of the Wilson Bridge, the river continues to widen and the salinity increases. Here the river becomes wilder with less visible development along the shores, more wetlands and expansive coves and inlets. Jones Point Lighthouse is provides a visual reminder of the Potomac's past importance as a commercial shipping center carrying tobacco and other agricultural products to other U.S. ports and Europe.
Further along the river, the Dyke Marsh is one of the best birding areas in the D.C. area and a reminder of what much of the Washington area's shoreline looked like before development so drastically effected our shorelines.
On the Maryland side of the river, Fort Foote and Fort Washington were sited on high bluffs to offer commanding views of the river, and were constant threats to hostile ships heading for Washington.
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