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© Getty Images The historic White’s Ferry, the last remaining ferry service to travel between Virginia and Maryland across the Potomac River, announced on Monday that it would be ceasing operations. DCist reported that the ferry service, which has operated since the late 1700s, was shutting down due to a centuries-long legal dispute regarding the landing site on the Virginia side of the river. The website reported that the conflict comes from the location of the landing site on Rockland Farm, which was given to the ferry in 1871, though the location was never appropriately marked on t...

White's Ferry will no longer operate along the Potomac River after a Loudoun County court decision ruling. It's effective immediately.

White’s Ferry Shutting Down In NoVa (Loudoun County)-  White’s Ferry is shutting down their Potomac River operation after 234 years. Ferry operators announced the decision citing a Loudoun court ruling banning boats from landing. The company had been sued by Rockland Farm, LLC over the public landing issue. White’s Ferry will keep their store and grill open. Poolesville, Maryland officials say they are trying to see if they can keep the ferry going.

White’s Ferry Shutting Down In NoVa (Loudoun County)-  White’s Ferry is shutting down their Potomac River operation after 234 years. Ferry operators announced the decision citing a Loudoun court ruling banning boats from landing. The company had been sued by Rockland Farm, LLC over the public landing issue. White’s Ferry will keep their store and grill open. Poolesville, Maryland officials say they are trying to see if they can keep the ferry going. B101.5 Events

Historic White's Ferry, the last remaining ferry across Potomac River, shuts down service ABC7 Replay Video Historic White's Ferry announced Monday that it will cease its Potomac River ferry operations effective immediately. The announcement was made on the White's Ferry's Facebook page and it came as a surprise to public officials.  The decision to end operations came after a Virginia judge ruled last month that the ferry company had no right to use a parcel of land on the Virginia side of the river as a landing site. The ruling came in a decade-old lawsuit over the so-ca...