Wooster Island

Wooster Island is an island in the Housatonic River[1] in Orange, Connecticut

The island is uninhabited, but is used for duck hunting.[2] Fishing is legal and considered safe,[3] though shellfishing is not allowed or recommended due to contamination and oxygen depletion.[4] The southernmost tip of the island is considered the northernmost limit of salt water in the river. [5]

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Physical characteristics

Transportation

All transportation to and from the island is by boat. It is illegal to operate a boat from the northern to southern tip of the island at speeds greater than "Slow-No-Wake". [8]

References

  1. ^ http://www.sheltonconservation.org/cri/housatonic_river.htm
  2. ^ http://valley.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/two_men_dog_stranded_on_wooster_island/
  3. ^ http://www.kids.ct.gov/dep/lib/dep/water/water_quality_management/305b/2008_draft_integrated_water_quality_report.pdf
  4. ^ http://oaspub.epa.gov/tmdl/enviro.control?p_list_id=CT-C1_021-SB&p_cycle=2008
  5. ^ http://www.kids.ct.gov/dep/lib/dep/water/water_quality_management/305b/2008_draft_integrated_water_quality_report.pdf
  6. ^ http://www.lat-long.com/Latitude-Longitude-212273-Connecticut-Wooster_Island.html
  7. ^ http://www.kids.ct.gov/dep/lib/dep/water/water_quality_management/305b/2006appendixc303d.pdf
  8. ^ http://www.ct.gov/dep/lib/dep/regulations/15/15-121-B1through15-121-B18.pdf

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