York River → Chesapeake Bay: It's Virginia, Not Massachusetts

The York River empties into the Chesapeake Bay from Virginia. No ambiguity.

Quick Geography

• York River forms at West Point, VA (confluence of Mattaponi + Pamunkey)
• Flows 55 km (34 mi) southeast → Yorktown → Chesapeake Bay
• One of three major Virginia tributaries (with James & Rappahannock) creating the Bay's western shore

Why Massachusetts Is Impossible

• MA drains to Gulf of Maine / Atlantic — separate watershed
• Chesapeake Bay watershed = 166,000 km² covering parts of NY, PA, MD, DE, WV, VA, DC — not MA
• Distance: York River mouth to Boston ≈ 700 km by sea

Colonial history link: Both Yorktown (VA) and York (ME, formerly MA) share the name—but only the Virginia York River reaches the Chesapeake.