The Christina River
flows through northern Delaware to meet the Brandywine Creek, where
both empty into Wilmington Harbor and the Delaware River. The
Delaware River, in turn, empties into Chesapeake Bay.
The lower Christina, is not
particularly attractive. It is, in fact, still rebounding from years of
pollution by chemical companies, some of which were founded before the United States
itself.
The home of the Christina
River Institute (CRI), however, is located alongside the
upper Christina River, White Clay Creek. The White Clay portion of the
Christina watershed includes northern Delaware and southern
Pennsylvania. Portions of
this area are lightly populated and the riverbanks are scenic
and undeveloped.
CRI itself is in "The
Wedge" a one square mile triangular parcel of land, bound on
one side by the Mason-Dixon line. In the late 1700s, this area was the subject of border disputes between Delaware, Pennsylvania and Maryland.
The Wedge, as a consequence of its years as a "no man's
land", has a colorful history.
Christina
River Institute
