CWTA - Connecticut Coastal Paddling - Fairfield County - Norwalk

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Connecticut Water Trails

Connecticut Coastal Paddling

Connecticut Coastal Paddling Access

Fairfield County Coastal Paddling Access

Fairfield County Coastal Paddling

Norwalk Coastal Paddling

Norwalk Coastal Paddling Access

Connecticut Water Trails Program

Connecticut Coastal Paddling

Fairfield County

Norwalk

Norwalk Harbor

Site Location: Norwalk, Connecticut

Basic Information:

Type: Harbor

Water Type: Saltwater

Season:

Site Contact Information:

Site Coordinates:

Longitude 73.407708 ºW Latitude 41.091323 ºN

Location Map:

Norwalk - Norwalk Harbor

USGS Quadrangle: Norwalk South

Navigational Charts:

Use ChartKit Region 3, pages 26 and 83; Maptech Waterproof Charts 1 and 16; and Maptech electronic and NOAA paper charts 12368 (1:20,000), 12364 (1:40,000), and 12363 (1:80,000). Use tide tables for Bridgeport. High tide at South Norwalk is 9 minutes later; low tide is 15 minutes later. Use height of tide at Bridgeport for height of tide at South Norwalk. Mean tidal range is 7.1 feet.

Driving Directions:

Directions Map: Google Map

Boat Launch Information:

Mack Street, Norwalk

ADA Access:

Site Description:

Environment: Harbor

Additional Info:

Site History:

Connecticut, Norwalk especially, has always been on the vanguard of the oyster industry. Legends exist about foot-long oysters with five-pound meats, growing in beds sizeable enough to restrict navigation. For the last half of the 19th century and for two decades into the 20th, the oyster was the most popular shellfish in the United States. Connecticut was blessed with natural oyster beds spanning many square miles, and it held the crown as the bivalve's major producer. Those of you who thought that these tasty mollusks were under-appreciated, will be happy to know that Connecticut adopted the oyster as its state shellfish in 1898