Growing up in VA on the Potomac River in the northern neck this is a topic close to my heart.

GW gave it to MD with the Mt Vernon Compact and then in mid-1800s after the war Maryland was granted the river bank-to-bank from the low water mark
Let the oyster and crab wars begin!

Chesapeake by Michener is a great book to read during the quarantine.

Albeit, it was written from the MD side of the river