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Contents 1 Meteor 2 Comment 3 Capitalization errors 4 "The" Chesapeake Bay? 5 Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel 6 Average depth 7 Pronunciation 8 Algonquians in Mississippi

[edit] Meteor

I think it's worth noting the discovery in 1995 that Chesapeake Bay may have been formed in part due to a meteor impact [1]. Big T (talk) 22:17, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

Chesapeake Bay was not formed in part by the impact. The impact may have predisposed the rivers to flow in that location, ultimately (about 34.5 million years later) forming the bay. Cheers Geologyguy (talk) 00:09, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

It was an asteroid or a comet; not a meteor. And I disagree; I think it did form the bay. I'm currently 11 years old in 6th grade, and our science teacher has an article about what evidence shows. --Superstomper96 (talk) 00:29, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Comment

We have the size of the watershed, but how many square miles is the bay? --Palnatoke 07:16, 27 July 2005 (UTC)

4,479 mi², including major tributaries. Added that info and other measurements to article. Carter 11:25, 27 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Capitalization errors

Watch out for these, I found several cases where the common noun "bay" was capitalized as "Bay". Only proper nouns such as "Chesapeake Bay" should be capitalized. I fixed as many as I could find but there may be some more left, please fix any you find. -Jeff ^(talk) 03:14, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "The" Chesapeake Bay?

Is the word "the" really needed? I realize people use the word "the" for placenames like the Gulf of Mexico, or the Atlantic Ocean, or often for rivers, like the Mississippi River. But I can't recall it being used for Chesapeake Bay, or other inlets, bays, like Puget Sound, Albemarle Sound, Hudson Bay, San Francisco Bay, etc. The phrase "the Chesapeake Bay" sounds odd to me, but I'm not from the area -- is it really the common usage there? Pfly 17:20, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

Yeah that's common usage around here.-Jeff ^(talk) 17:47, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

Sorry, I was in a hurry before and couldn't make my post more detailed. While some may refer to the bay as simply "Chesapeake Bay", it's more commonly known as "the Chesapeake Bay" in the area of the bay itself. I think it's best to stick with the local usage the same as how American English is used in US-related topics and British English is used in Commonwealth-related topics.-Jeff ^(talk) 01:44, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

That's cool. I just wondered since I edited out one of the "the"s a few days ago, but you changed it back. I've no problem with the usage, carry on! :-) ..it still sounds a bit odd to my ears, but not as odd as Bay of Green Bay... Pfly 02:40, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

I can confirm the "The" usage. And frequently to locals it's just "The Bay".--J Clear 22:08, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel

The article stated that the bridge tunnel connected to Norfolk. The bridge tunnel article along with my personal knowledge contradicts this. I've never actually edited an article before but I went ahead and did it, if I should have done things differently please someone let me know.Tmckeage 23:32, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

It seems good i wonder if the orginonal research nazi will revert you becuase u used your personal knowledge.ALso we encourage you to join wikipedia(dont worry were not a cult)(ForeverDEAD 01:03, 29 August 2007 (UTC))

[edit] Average depth

This seems to be a problem. I have found at least four different values, all of them given by reasonably good sources. The two best numbers appear to be 21 feet (including tributaries) and 30 feet (possibly the main section only); I've also see figures of 6/6.5 meters and 25 feet.

I think we're going to have to qualify the numbers given. It's hard to imagine that these are particularly precise numbers anyway. Mangoe (talk) 00:27, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

I took a look, but didn't see any from USGS or NOAA, which would be among the few reliable sources. Bear in mind that most of the numbers are copied from some unspecified location (very few people have measured the Bay ;-) Tedickey (talk) 00:51, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

I've gone after three sources which I think should be considered reasonably reliable. Part of the problem is that it's not at all clear who is the originator of any of the numbers. Mangoe (talk) 00:55, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

Right (but I don't have an improvement at hand). There are many quotes for 7/21, but I found none that told the source of any of the quotes. Given that situation, all you can do is tell where you got the number, in case someone can find a more reliable source. (Even a quote from USGS or NOAA might be unreliable, depending on the actual source ;-) Tedickey (talk) 10:34, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Pronunciation

I am not American and I would like some guide as to how to pronounce Chesapeake? --Gak (talk) 14:16, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

Accent on the first syllable (chess-ah-peek). Tedickey (talk) 20:56, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Algonquians in Mississippi

The Algonquians topic indicates that they were widespread - but Northern in the current sense. Nothing about Mississippi comes to light. Sipi could be (a) a borrowed word, (b) some outpost of Algonquians, or (c) pure coincidence. A scholarly source would help. Tedickey (talk) 20:20, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

Mississippi most likely refers to the river in Algonquin, considering it has the sepi suffix without any other suffix after it. The river stretches well into the north.-Jeff ^(talk) 16:14, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

The Mississippi River topic (the footnote points to Mississippi) says the root is from Ojibwa language, which in turn is said to be Algonquian. The footnote should point to the topic that provides the info. Tedickey (talk) 17:52, 12 February 2009 (UTC)