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Chesapeake is a town in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 1,336 at the 2020 census . [ 2 ] The town is situated on the Kanawha River .
The Paw Paw Tunnel is a 3,118-foot-long (950 m) canal tunnel on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal (C&O) in Allegany County, Maryland. [1] Located near Paw Paw, West Virginia, it was built to bypass the Paw Paw Bends, a six-mile (9.7 km) stretch of the Potomac River containing five horseshoe-shaped bends.
St. Albans Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Depot, also known as St. Albans Depot, is a historic railroad depot located at St. Albans, Kanawha County, West Virginia. It was built in 1906 by the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway. It has a 1 1/2 story central block with one story wings and a hipped roof. It originally had a square watch tower.
The Chesapeake Bay (/ ˈ tʃ ɛ s ə p iː k / CHESS-ə-peek) is the largest estuary in the United States. The bay is located in the Mid-Atlantic region and is primarily separated from the Atlantic Ocean by the Delmarva Peninsula, including parts of the Eastern Shore of Maryland, the Eastern Shore of Virginia, and the state of Delaware.
West Virginia is the 10th-smallest state by area and ranks as the 12th-least populous state, with a population of 1,769,979 residents. [5] The capital and most populous city is Charleston with a population of 49,055. West Virginia was admitted to the Union on June 20, 1863, and was a key border state during the American Civil War.
Kanawha River, West Virginia: ... Scott's Island is a bar island on the Kanawha River between the towns of Belle and Chesapeake in Kanawha County, West Virginia.
SS Chesapeake, a transport oiler that was in service with the United States Navy from 2000 to 2009; United States lightship Chesapeake, a lightvessel; USS Chesapeake, an American frigate captured by HMS Shannon in 1813; USS Patapsco, a sloop originally named USS Chesapeake but renamed in 1799 while still under construction
The Chesapeake Energy Capital Classic (also known as the Charleston Capital Classic and formerly as the Toyota Capital Classic) is the name of the in-state rivalry between the Marshall University and West Virginia University basketball teams, the Marshall Thundering Herd and West Virginia Mountaineers.