Goose Island (Connecticut)
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Goose Island is an island owned by Stratford, Connecticut below
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in the Housatonic River. The island is currently a set of three
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s due to erosion running north–south near the Stratford bank of the river. The island is south-southwest of the
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, roughly parallel to Housatonic Avenue.


Physical description

* * Elevation: c.


Transportation

All transportation to and from the island is by boat.


Notes

{{authority control Landforms of Fairfield County, Connecticut Stratford, Connecticut River islands of Connecticut