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Chesapeake Bay is a version of the Algonquian name Chesepiooc, rendered by the early settlers as Chesepiook and Chesapeack (1608) before the current variation was adopted in the mid-1600s.
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Name a large bay found between Maryland and Virginia?
style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)" name="Chesapeake_Bay">Chesapeake BayChesapeake Bay is the large bay found between Maryland and Virginia!
What is the name of the bay that separates Delmarva peninsula from the rest of Virginia?
The Chesapeake Bay.
What is the name of the bay that is located near Virginia and Maryland?
The Chesapeake Bay.
What is the bay located just east of our nation's capitol?
Chesapeake Bay is located to the east of Washington DC.Chesapeake bay
What is the name of the North American Bay that is the second largest bay in the world?
chesapeake bay
What comes first Chesapeake Bay or Chesapeake Bay retriver?
The Chesapeake Bay retriever was a breed that was founded on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland. The bay was there long before the dog.
What is a name of a famous estuary?
The Chesapeake Bay is an estuary, as is the San Francisco Bay.
What was the southern colony on the Cheseapeke Bay?
The colony that was on the Chesapeake Bay was the Chesapeake Bay Colony.
Why are chesapeake bay retrievers named chesapeake bay retrievers?
The reason why the Chesapeake Bay Retriever is called the Chesapeake bay retriever is because they used to hunt waterfowl ( especially ducks) in the Chesapeake Bay. The retriever part, is part of the name because when they hunted they would swim over to the dead duck and bring it the person who killed it. That's called retrieving.
What bay does Potomac and Susquehanna flow into?
Chesapeake Bay
Name the bay associated with the ravens and a seafood that's popular in that area?
Chesapeake Bay
What is the meaning behind the name chesapeake bay?
Indian word meaning "Bay of Oysters."
