Wooster Island is an island in the
Housatonic River in
Orange, Connecticut
Orange is a town in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 14,280 at the 2020 census. The town is governed by a Board of Selectmen.
History
The Paugusset, an Algonquian people, once lived in the area that is now Oran ...
The island is uninhabited, but is used for duck hunting.
Fishing is legal and considered safe,
though
shellfishing is not allowed or recommended due to contamination and oxygen depletion.
The southernmost tip of the island is considered the northernmost limit of salt water in the river.
Physical characteristics
*The island is approximately half-way north of
Great Flat Island in
Milford, and south of
Two Mile Island in
Shelton Shelton may refer to:
Places
United Kingdom
* Shelton, North Bedfordshire, in the parish of Dean and Shelton, Bedfordshire
* Lower Shelton, in the parish of Marston Moretaine, Bedfordshire
* Upper Shelton, in the parish of Marston Moretaine, Bed ...
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*Elevation: ~
*The water quality surrounding the island is known to contain
Escherichia coli
''Escherichia coli'' (),Wells, J. C. (2000) Longman Pronunciation Dictionary. Harlow ngland Pearson Education Ltd. also known as ''E. coli'' (), is a Gram-negative, facultative anaerobic, rod-shaped, coliform bacterium of the genus '' Esc ...
.
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".
References
External links
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Orange, Connecticut
Landforms of New Haven County, Connecticut
River islands of Connecticut
Uninhabited islands of the United States