Title 33Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-73

§56 Fort Point Channel and South Bay, Boston, Massachusetts

Title 33 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NAVIGABLE WATERS GENERALLY › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - WATERS DECLARED NONNAVIGABLE: CHANGE OF NAME › § 56

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Declares the tidewaters of Fort Point Channel and South Bay above the east side of the Dorchester Ave bridge nonnavigable under U.S. law; change or repeal reserved.

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Title 33, §56

Navigation and Navigable Waters — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

The portion of the tidewaters in the waterway in which is located Fort Point Channel and South Bay in the city of Boston, Massachusetts, lying above the easterly side of the highway bridge over Fort Point Channel at Dorchester Avenue in the city of Boston is declared to be a nonnavigable water of the United States within the meaning of the Constitution and laws of the United States. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this section is expressly reserved.

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Citation

33 U.S.C. § 56

Title 33Navigation and Navigable Waters

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73