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Chesapeake Bay   /tʃˈɛsəpˌik beɪ/   Listen
Chesapeake Bay

noun
1.
A large inlet of the North Atlantic between Virginia and Maryland; fed by Susquehanna River.



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"Chesapeake Bay" Quotes from Famous Books



... everybody knows the mussel (Mytilus: see Fig. 5), the soft clam, the round clam, and the oyster, as these are sought for food; but there is a multitude of smaller bivalves which are not so well known. The sea-snails best known on the coast north of Chesapeake Bay are the whelk (Buccinum: see Fig. 2), the sand snail or Natica, which bores the round holes often found in clam shells on the beach, in order to suck the juices of its neighbors, and the various kinds of periwinkles (rock snails or Littorina) ...
— Boy Scouts Handbook - The First Edition, 1911 • Boy Scouts of America

... young had not been taken and raised artificially. Is it not interesting to know that we plant young oysters on oyster farms, and raise oyster crops, all below the level of high tide? The greatest oyster farms in the world are upon Chesapeake Bay. There are also oyster farms in other bays upon the Atlantic seaboard, and lately the oyster has been transplanted to the ...
— Conservation Reader • Harold W. Fairbanks

... the metropolis of Maryland, on an arm of Chesapeake Bay, 250 m. from the Atlantic; is picturesquely situated; not quite so regular in design as most American cities, but noted for its fine architecture and its public monuments. It is the seat of the John Hopkins University. The industries are varied ...
— The Nuttall Encyclopaedia - Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge • Edited by Rev. James Wood

... the Potomac lay inactive all through the winter of 1861-62. The country cried "Forward," but it was March before McClellan was ready to stir. Then he sailed down Chesapeake Bay to attack Richmond from the south, with Fortress Monroe as base. The splendidly disciplined and equipped army, 120,000 strong, ...
— History of the United States, Volume 4 • E. Benjamin Andrews



Words linked to "Chesapeake Bay" :   Chesapeake Bay retriever, md, VA, embayment, Old Dominion State, Virginia, Atlantic Ocean, bay, Old Line State, Old Dominion, Atlantic, Maryland, free state



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