Experience the Resurgent Chesapeake Bay: Fall Adventures Await
In James Michener’s epic 1978 novel “Chesapeake,” a 16th-century Susquehannock named Pentaquod rows across the titular bay and wonders at “the immensity of this water, the way the fish jumped as if they were eager to be caught and tasted.” Nearly 500 years later, the Chesapeake Bay—an abundant estuary bisecting the state of Maryland—still ranks among the country’s natural wonders and serves as the source of one of its most underappreciated cuisines.