Title 33, Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-102
§56 Fort Point Channel and South Bay, Boston, Massachusetts
Title 33 › CHAPTER 1 — NAVIGABLE WATERS GENERALLY › SUBCHAPTER II — WATERS DECLARED NONNAVIGABLE: CHANGE OF NAME › § 56
Summary
Tidewaters in Fort Point Channel and South Bay in Boston above Dorchester Avenue bridge are declared nonnavigable U.S. waters. The right to change or repeal this is 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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33 U.S.C. § 56
Title 33, Navigation and Navigable Waters
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102