USGS Quadrangle: Ansonia

Directions Map: Google Map

Main Street

Driving Directions:

(Route 34) to Factory Street, past the Derby Feed and Grain store, under the railroad tracks, past the sewage treatment plant, under Route 8.

Pink House Cove

Derby Dam

O'Sullivan Island (Caroline Street)

Derby/Shelton Dam, between Route 34 and Route 110

Driving Directions:

From Derby/Shelton Dam, Route 34, Derby, CT:

The “Ousatonic” Dam is located between Route 34 in Derby CT and Route 110 in Shelton CT

Launch Info:

There is no launch site at the Derby/Shelton Dam. Use upstream launches at Indian Well State Park (Shelton) and Pink House Cove (Derby) or downstream launches under the Route 8 Bridge (Shelton) and O’Sullivan’s Island (Derby).

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Hog Island

O'Sullivan Island

Pink House Cove

Housatonic River Paddling Trail

Paddling This Section Of The River:

Go during the change to high tide and it is easy paddling. Within a half mile there is a nice, calm lagoon where we saw a Kingfisher, there is a drainage canal that we paddled right through, there is a small island during low tide and fishing is good, there is the entrance to the Naugatuck River.

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