Chesapeake
Chesapeake often refers to:
- Chesapeake people, a Native American tribe also known as the Chesepian
- Chesapeake Bay
- Delmarva Peninsula, also known as the Chesapeake Peninsula
Chesapeake may also refer to:
Populated places
In Virginia
- Chesapeake, Virginia, an independent city
- Phoebus, Virginia, formerly known as Chesapeake City
- Chesapeake, Northampton County, Virginia, an unincorporated community
In other US states
Schools
- Chesapeake High School, Anne Arundel County, Maryland
- Chesapeake High School, Baltimore, Maryland
- Chesapeake College, public community college based in Wye Mills, Maryland
Ships
- SS Chesapeake, a transport oiler that was in service with the United States Navy from 2000 to 2009
- United States lightship Chesapeake (LV-116), a lightvessel
- USS Chesapeake (1799), an American frigate captured by HMS Shannon in 1813
- USS Patapsco (1799), a sloop originally named USS Chesapeake but renamed in 1799 while still under construction
- USS Chesapeake (1898), a training ship renamed USS Severn on 15 June 1905
- USS Chesapeake (ID-3395), a freighter
- USS Chesapeake (AOT-5084)
- HMS Chesapeake (1855), a Royal Navy frigate
- Porcher (1799 ship), originally a British ship named Chesapeake while owned by an American trading house at Canton
Music, entertainment, and books
- Chesapeake (band), a folk-rock/progressive bluegrass band from Maryland
- Chesapeake (novel), a novel published in 1978 by James Michener
- Chesapeake (album), the third full-length album by Rachael Yamagata
- Chesapeake Shores, Canadian/American television drama
- Chesapeake Shores, novel series written by Sherryl Woods
Transportation
- Chesapeake (train), an Amtrak commuter service between Philadelphia and Washington, D.C.
- Chesapeake (train, 1994–1995), an Amtrak service between New York City and Richmond, Virginia
- Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, a former American railroad, operating from 1869 to 1972 in the state of Virginia
- Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
- Chesapeake Bay Bridge, also known as the Bay Bridge, a bridge crossing the Chesapeake Bay
- Chesapeake Bay Bridge–Tunnel, bridge-tunnel crossing the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay
- Vought Chesapeake, a British name for the Vought SB2U Vindicator
Other
- Chesapeake Bay Retriever, a breed of dog
- Chesapeake Corporation, a historical holding company associated with Van Sweringen railroad holdings
- Chesapeake Energy, an American publicly held producer of natural gas
- Chesapeake Energy Arena, a multi-purpose arena located in downtown Oklahoma City
- Chesapeake Utilities, an American energy services company focusing on distribution of natural gas and propane
- Chesapeake Mill, in Wickham, Hampshire, England, a building constructed from the timbers of the USS Chesapeake
- The Vought Chesapeake, British name for the United States built dive bomber, the Vought SB2U Vindicator
- Hemoglobin Chesapeake, a special form of hemoglobin that causes polycythemia
See also
- Battle of the Chesapeake, a naval battle in 1781 between a British fleet and a combined French-American fleet
- All pages with titles beginning with Chesapeake
- All pages with titles containing Chesapeake
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