Fowler Island
Fowler Island is the sole island owned by Milford, Connecticut north of I-95 in the Housatonic River. The island is north of the Moses Wheeler Bridge, and south of the Igor I. Sikorsky Memorial Bridge.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Islet
- Description: island in Connecticut, United States
- Also known as: “Fowlers Island”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Boothe Memorial Park and Museum and Igor I. Sikorsky Memorial Bridge.
Boothe Memorial Park and Museum
Park
Photo: Igor154, Public domain.
Boothe Memorial Park and Museum sits on a 32-acre site in the Putney section of Stratford, Connecticut. Built about 1840 and remodeled in 1914, it is said to be "The Oldest Homestead in America," since it sits on the foundations of a 1663 house, and has been continuously occupied.
Igor I. Sikorsky Memorial Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Wxstorm, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Igor I. Sikorsky Memorial Bridge carries the controlled-access Merritt Parkway over the Housatonic River, between Stratford and Milford, Connecticut.
Popes Island
Islet
Pope's Flat is the second largest of the four islands owned by Stratford, Connecticut in the Housatonic River between I-95 and the Merritt Parkway. The island is north of the Moses Wheeler Bridge, northeast of Carting Island, Long Island and Peacock Island, and south of Fowler Island in Milford and the Igor I. Sikorsky Memorial Bridge.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Putney and Devon.
Putney
Hamlet
Putney is a section in the north end of Stratford, Connecticut. The area includes Boothe Memorial Park and Museum and Putney Chapel and abuts the neighborhood of Oronoque.
Devon
Village
The village of Devon is a neighborhood of the city of Milford, Connecticut, United States. It lies on the southwest corner of the city bordering Long Island Sound and the mouth of the Housatonic River. Devon is situated 2½ miles south of Fowler Island.
Milford
Milford is a city in New Haven County, Connecticut. It is bordered to the south by Long Island sound, to the west by the Housatonic river, to the North by the town of Orange, and to the east by the town of West Haven.
Fowler Island
- Categories: river island, locality, and landform
- Location: South Central Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.23637° or 41° 14′ 11″ northLongitude
-73.1027° or 73° 6′ 10″ westElevation
7 feet (2 metres)Open location code
87H86VPW+GWOpenStreetMap ID
way 22692675OpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
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