Places and People
Chesapeake Bay Gateways Network

The links below take you on a journey exploring the traditions and heritage of the Bay's people and places. The book Window on the Chesapeake highlights 35 great stories of people living and working along the Bay, and the monthly magazine Bay Journal profiles a new Chesapeake Gateway each month.

Window on the Chesapeake

Cover from Window on the ChesapeakeWindow on the Chesapeake: The Bay, Its People and Places delivers 35 compelling portraits of individuals and destinations that are Chesapeake through and through. A joint project of the Gateways Network and the Mariners' Museum in Newport News, Virginia, Window is available at many Network sites and through the Mariner's Museum Store. It features dozens of individual Gateways as seen through the eyes of people whose lives are inextricably linked with the Bay.

Excerpts from Window on the Chesapeake:

Bay Journal Articles

Bay Journal, a monthly newspaper focusing on diverse Chesapeake Bay issues regularly profiles a Chesapeake Bay Gateway. Read the stories of these special places below - and consider ordering a free subscription to Bay Journal!


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