| Chart Name: | N SHORE LONG ISLAND SOUND-HOUSATONIC R A |
| Scale: | 1:20000 |
| Size: | 36" x 45" |
| Edition #: | 20 |
| Edition Date: | 12/01/06 | (NM 11/15/08) | (LNM 11/11/08) |
| Last Update: | 05/29/08 |
| Description: | Housatonic River rises in the Berkshire Hills of western Massachusetts and Connecticut, and empties into Long Island Sound about 10 miles southwestward of the New Haven Harbor entrance. The river is joined by the nonnavigable Naugatuck River in the vicinity of Derby, Conn. Housatonic River is navigable to a point about 1 mile above Shelton, Conn., where it is closed by a power dam. The head of navigation for all practical purposes is at the towns of Derby and Shelton, 11.5 miles above the entrance. Small vessels can anchor in the river abreast of Stratford, where the channel has an available width of about 500 feet. The waterborne commerce
on the river is principally in barge shipments of aggregate, fuel oil to the power plant at Devon, and seasonal commercial shellfishing. Navigation above Devon is limited to recreational boating.
Milford Harbor, comprising the lower portion of the Wepawaug River, is entered at the mouth of the river between two jetties at the head of The Gulf. The westerly jetty extends southward from Burns Point, and the easterly jetty is marked by Milford Harbor Light 10. The harbor is used chiefly for recreational boating, and occasionally for the receipt of shellfish and fish. The National Marine Fisheries Service, U.S. Department of Commerce, maintains a laboratory and research vessel base on the west side of the harbor, about 0.2 mile northward of Burns Point. |
