Chesapeake Light is an offshore lighthouse marking the entrance to the Chesapeake Bay. The structure was first marked with a lightship in the 1930s, and...
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The Chesapeake Bay (/ˈtʃɛsəpiːk/ CHESS-ə-peek) is the largest estuary in the United States. The Bay is located in the Mid-Atlantic region and is primarily...
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United States lightship Chesapeake (LS-116/WAL-538/WLV-538) is a museum ship owned by the National Park Service and on a 25-year loan to Baltimore City...
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Smith Point Light is a caisson lighthouse in the Virginia portion of the Chesapeake Bay at the mouth of the Potomac River. It was added to the National...
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The Chesapeake Bay Retriever is a large breed of dog belonging to the retriever, gundog, and sporting breed groups. The breed was developed in the United...
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owned. Chesapeake Light was retrofitted with solar panels and was the last tower to be an active navigational aid. In August, 2016 the light was deactivated...
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Trap Light is a caisson lighthouse in the Virginia portion of the Chesapeake Bay, about seven and a half miles northeast of New Point Comfort Light. It...
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triggerfish and southern stingray. Chesapeake Light Tower Aquarium The 70,000-US-gallon (265,000 L) Chesapeake Light Tower Aquarium replicates the underwater...
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stitch-and-glue pocket cruiser sailboat designed by John C. Harris of Chesapeake Light Craft. The first PocketShip hull was built by Geoff Kerr at Two Daughters...
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Thimble Shoal Light is a sparkplug lighthouse in the Virginia portion of Chesapeake Bay, north of the Hampton Roads channel. The third light at this location...
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erected in 1792 (the first Cape Henry Light) and it is the oldest surviving structure; the last, Chesapeake Light, was built in 1965 (ignoring automated...
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gusts of up to 72 mph (116 km/h) at Chesapeake Light in Virginia, causing scattered power outages. Rainfall was light, ranging from 2 to 3.7 in (51 to 94 mm)...
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Inventory of Historic Light Stations Archived 2006-05-09 at the Wayback Machine Lighthousefriends: Jones Point Lighthouse Chesapeake Bay Lighthouse Project...
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The Thomas Point Shoal Light, also known as Thomas Point Shoal Light Station, is a historic lighthouse in the Chesapeake Bay on the east coast of the...
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The Hooper Island Light is a lighthouse in the Chesapeake Bay, west of Middle Hooper Island in Maryland. The initial request of a light at this site was...
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Cape Henry Lighthouses (redirect from Cape Henry Light)
on the Preservation Virginia website Chesapeake Bay Lighthouse Project - Old Cape Henry Light Chesapeake Bay Lighthouse Project - New Cape Henry Light...
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The Chesapeake & Delaware Canal (C&D Canal) is a 14-mile (22.5 km)-long, 450-foot (137.2 m)-wide and 35-foot (10.7 m)-deep ship canal that connects the...
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Norwalk Islands series of sharpies, Catbird 24 by Chesapeake Marine design, Johns Sharpie by Chesapeake Light Craft, Ted Brewer's Mystic Sharpie, various designs...
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Lighthousefriends: Assateague Lighthouse Assateague Light on Federal Duck Stamp Chesapeake Bay Lighthouse Project - Assateague Light U.S. Fish an& Wildlife Service: Assateague...
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New Point Comfort Light is a lighthouse in the Virginia portion of the Chesapeake Bay, United States, off the tip of the Middle Peninsula. Finished in...
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The York Spit Light was a lighthouse located at the mouth of the York River in the Chesapeake Bay, marking a long shoal paralleling the main channel into...
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Delmarva Peninsula (redirect from Chesapeake Peninsula)
between Delaware Bay and Chesapeake Bay was variously known as the Delaware and Chesapeake Peninsula or simply the Chesapeake Peninsula. The toponym Delmarva...
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Cape Charles Lighthouse (redirect from Cape Charles Light)
an octagonal cast iron skeleton tower lighthouse at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay on Smith Island which was officially removed from service in 2019...
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The Chesapeake Mill is a watermill in Wickham, Hampshire, England. The flour mill was constructed in 1820 using the timbers of HMS Chesapeake, which had...
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The Tangier Sound Light was a lighthouse located south of Tangier Island in the Chesapeake Bay. This light was constructed in 1890 to mark a shoal extending...
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harassment at the Walmart Supercenter where he worked as a night-supervisor in Chesapeake, Virginia, United States. Bing's suicide note cited concern he was being...
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The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, abbreviated as the C&O Canal and occasionally called the Grand Old Ditch, operated from 1831 until 1924 along the Potomac...
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Comfort Light is a lighthouse located on the grounds of Fort Monroe in the Virginia portion of the Chesapeake Bay. It is the second oldest light in the...
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Island Light is the third lighthouse to stand nearly 3 miles (5 km) south-southwest from the southern end of Tilghman Island in Maryland's Chesapeake Bay...
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Deepwater Shoals Light, from the Chesapeake Chapter of the United States Lighthouse Society de Gast, Robert (1973). The Lighthouses of the Chesapeake. Johns Hopkins...
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