When Was Chesapeake Bay Founded?
The Bay’s geology, its present form, and its very location were created by a bolide impact event at the end of the Eocene (about 35.5 million years ago), forming the Chesapeake Bay impact crater and much later the Susquehanna River valley. When was the Chesapeake Bay discovered? In 1525, Lucas Vázquez de Ayllón explored the … Read more