Chesapeake
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Chesapeake may refer to:
- Chesapeake (tribe), a Native American tribe
- Chesapeake (novel), a novel published in 1978 by James Michener
Places in the United States:
There are also:
- The Chesapeake Bay, a large estuary or bay thats entry to the Atlantic Ocean is between Norfolk, Virginia and Cape Charles, Virginia, and its headwaters are in Cecil County, Maryland
- Chesapeake Corporation, a historical holding company associated with Van Sweringen railroad holdings
- Chesapeake Energy, an American publicly held producer of natural gas
- Chesapeake Utilities, an American energy services company focusing on distribution of natural gas and propane
- USS Chesapeake (1799), an American frigate
- Lightship Chesapeake A retired coastguard vessel currently in Baltimore Harbor
- Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, a former American railroad, operating from 1869 to 1972 in the state of Virginia
- Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
- Chesapeake is sometimes used to refer to the colonial settlement of Jamestown, Virginia, which was in the Chesapeake Bay area
- the Vought Chesapeake, British name for the United States built dive bomber, the Vought SB2U Vindicator