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Club Lake Ahoy was a water park situated within a man-made lake in Chesapeake, Virginia, United States. Attractions included metal towers with high dive platforms and zip-line rides over 20 feet (6.1 m) high. The water park has since been acquired by the City of Chesapeake and is under review for redevelopment as a city park.
Claytor Lake; Lake Conner; Curtis Lake [2] Diascund Reservoir; Emporia Reservoir; Lake Fairfax; Fairy Stone Lake; Flannagan Reservoir; Lake Frederick; Lake Gaston (Also extends into North Carolina). Gatewood Reservoir; Germantown Lake; Lake Gordon (Virginia) Great Creek Watershed Lake; Harwoods Mill Reservoir; Holiday Lake; Hungry Mother Lake ...
Several theories exist about the lake's origin. Some postulate that it was created by a large underground peat fire 3,500–6,000 years ago. Native American legends speak of "the fire bird" creating Lake Drummond. [1] Other theories include a meteorite impact and a tectonic shift. Lake Drummond is one of only two natural freshwater lakes in ...
Lake Drummond is a circular body of water, and is one of only two naturally occurring freshwater lakes in Virginia. [3] Along the Great Dismal Swamp's eastern edge runs the Dismal Swamp Canal . The canal is 22 miles long, and was completed in 1805 to provide a pathway for trade between Chesapeake Bay , Virginia and the Albemarle Sound in North ...
Assateague Island National Seashore is a unit of the National Park Service system of the U.S. Department of the Interior.Located on the East Coast along the Atlantic Ocean in Maryland and Virginia, Assateague Island is the largest natural barrier island ecosystem in the Middle Atlantic states region that remains predominantly unaffected by human development.
Kiptopeke State Park is a state park located in the southern end of the Eastern Shore of Virginia and the Delmarva Peninsula in Northampton County, near Cape Charles.The park offers recreational access to the brackish waters of the Chesapeake Bay with its shoreline, beach, boat ramps and piers, as well as unique migratory bird habitat along the East Coast flyway.
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; Chesapeake 1000, a crane ship
Mountain Lake is a freshwater lake located in Giles County near Newport, Virginia in the United States. Along with Lake Drummond in the Great Dismal Swamp, it is one of only two natural lakes in Virginia. It was originally known as Salt Pond, as it was where cattle were given salt. [1] The area is within the Mountain Lake Wilderness Cluster.