The end is set at a major extinction event called the Grande Coupure ( the " Great Break " in continuity ) or the Eocene – Oligocene extinction event, which may be related to the impact of one or more large bolides in Siberia and in what is now Chesapeake Bay.

However, the city is connected to downtown Washington, D. C. ( some away ) by a continuous bike / running trail through the Alleghenies and along the Potomac Valley, known as the Great Allegheny Passage and Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Towpath.

* 1781 – Battle of the Chesapeake in the American Revolutionary War: the British Navy is repelled by the French Navy, contributing to the British surrender at Yorktown.

Influenced by the Gulf Stream, coastal weather is subject to hurricanes, most pronouncedly near the mouth of Chesapeake Bay.

The Chesapeake Bay is host to many species, including blue crabs, clams, oysters, and rockfish ( also known as striped bass ).

The Chesapeake Bay, while not a national park, is protected by both state and federal legislation, and the jointly run Chesapeake Bay Program which conducts restoration on the bay and its watershed.

, Virginia Beach is the most populous city in the Commonwealth, with Norfolk and Chesapeake second and third, respectively.

One of the largest breeding areas is the Chesapeake Bay, where populations from Chesapeake and Delaware bays have intermingled.

It occupies the Calvert Peninsula which is bordered on the east by the Chesapeake Bay and on the west by the Patuxent River.

A branch of the United States Naval Research Laboratory is located at Chesapeake Beach.

The Cove Point LNG Terminal is located near Lusby, Maryland, on the western shore of the Chesapeake Bay.

Oakland is situated only miles from the source of the Potomac River, which flows directly into the Chesapeake Bay.

Beyond the National Road's eastern terminus at Cumberland and toward the Atlantic coast, a series of private turnpikes were completed in 1824, connecting the National Road ( Pike ) with Baltimore, Maryland and its port on Chesapeake Bay ; these feeder routes formed what is referred to as an eastern extension of the National Road.

The western border is defined by the lower reaches of the Susquehanna River and the northernmost coves, flats and tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay.

The lowest elevation is sea level along the Chesapeake Bay.

The county is bisected from east to west by the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, which connects the Delaware River to the Chesapeake Bay by way of the Elk River.

The lowest elevation is sea level along the Chesapeake Bay.

Chesapeake Energy Arena in downtown is the large multipurpose arena which hosts concerts, NHL exhibition games, and many of the city's pro sports teams.

To avoid the takeover, CCC forged a deal with CDC lending them the money to purchase control in CCC instead, and " That is how a computer company came to own a fleet of fishing boats in the Chesapeake Bay.

It is bordered by the Choptank River to the north, Talbot County to the northwest, Caroline County to the northeast, Wicomico County to the southeast, Sussex County, Delaware, to the east, and the Chesapeake Bay to the west.

The Chesapeake Bay ( ) is the largest estuary in the United States.

Virginia Beach is an independent city located in the Hampton Roads metropolitan area of Virginia, on the Atlantic Ocean at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay.

In 1607, after a voyage of 144 days, three ships headed by Captain Christopher Newport carrying 105 men and boys made their first landfall in the New World where the Atlantic Ocean meets the southern mouth of the Chesapeake Bay in the northeastern part of the city.

A major portion of the city drains to the Chesapeake Bay by way of the Lynnhaven River and its tributaries.

The airport is located near Chesapeake Bay, along the city limits of neighboring Norfolk and Virginia Beach.

The Chesapeake Regional Airport provides general aviation services and is located five miles ( 8 km ) outside the city limits.

The city is a peninsula containing twenty square miles and is located between the Poquoson River on the north, Back River and Wythe Creek ( the Old Poquoson River ) on the south, the Chesapeake Bay on the east, and York County on the west.

The city also shares a border with the City of Hampton and a water boundary across Chesapeake Bay with Northampton County.

The airport is located near Chesapeake Bay, along the city limits of Norfolk and Virginia Beach.

The Newport News Waterworks was begun as a project of Collis P. Huntington as part of the development of the lower peninsula with the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, the coal piers on the harbor of Hampton Roads, and massive shipyard which were the major sources of industrial growth which helped found Newport News as a new independent city in 1896.

The Newport News Waterworks was begun as a project of Collis P. Huntington as part of the development of the lower peninsula with the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, the coal piers on the harbor of Hampton Roads, and massive shipyard which were the major sources of industrial growth which helped found Newport News as a new independent city in 1896.

The ORF airport is located near the Chesapeake Bay, along the city limits between Norfolk and Virginia Beach.

It is located in South Hampton Roads in the independent city of Chesapeake.

Chesapeake is an independent city located in the South Hampton Roads portion of the Hampton Roads metropolitan area of Virginia in the United States.

One of the cities Hampton Roads, Chesapeake was formed in 1963 by a political consolidation of the city of South Norfolk with the former Norfolk County, which dated to 1691.

Chesapeake is the second-largest city by land area in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

In 2011, Chesapeake was named the 21st best city in America by Bloomberg Businessweek

In 1963, the new independent city of Chesapeake was created when the former independent city of South Norfolk consolidated with Norfolk County.

Chesapeake is one of the larger cities in Virginia and the nation in terms of land, a fact that poses challenges to city leaders in supporting a large infrastructure.

" The city of Huntington was named for Collis P. Huntington, who built it as the western terminus for the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway ( C & O ) on the land west of the mouth of the Guyandotte River at the Ohio River.

The city has grown out from the intersection of Fishing Creek and the Chesapeake Bay.

Hurricane Isabel struck Chesapeake Beach and the adjacent city of North Beach, Maryland in 2003.