Housatonic River
The Housatonic River is an approximately 149 mi long river in western Massachusetts and western Connecticut in the United States. It flows south to southeast, and drains about 1,950 square miles of southwestern Connecticut into Long Island Sound.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Connecticut and Massachusetts
- Also known as: “Housatonick River”, “Oosotnuc”, “Ouatonick River”, “Ousatonick River”, “Paugasset River”, “Pootatuck”, “Potatunk”, “Puttetuck”, “Stratford River”, and “Westenhok River”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Duck Island and Igor I Sikorsky Memorial Airport.
Duck Island
Island
Duck Island is the one of two islands in the Charles E. Wheeler Wildlife Management Area at the mouth of the Housatonic River. It is approximately 100 feet from the end of Milford Point Road, near the Connecticut Audubon Society Coastal Center at Milford Point.
Igor I Sikorsky Memorial Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: USGS, Public domain.
Igor I. Sikorsky Memorial Airport is a public airport in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States, owned by the city of Bridgeport. It is three miles southeast of downtown, in the town of Stratford.
Connecticut Audubon Society Coastal Center at Milford Point
The Connecticut Audubon Society Coastal Center at Milford Point is a nature center and bird sanctuary in Milford, Connecticut, established in 1995. Over 300 different species of bird have been observed at this location.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lordship and Stratford Center Historic District.
Lordship
Village
Photo: Jllm06, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lordship is a small, waterfront neighborhood situated on Connecticut's Gold Coast in Stratford, Connecticut, United States. It was listed as a census-designated place prior to the 2020 census.
Stratford Center Historic District
Neighborhood
The Stratford Center Historic District is a 220-acre historic district in Stratford, Connecticut. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. Stratford Center Historic District is situated 2 miles northwest of Housatonic River.
Stratford
Photo: Igor154, Public domain.
Stratford is a town in Connecticut. Stratford, Connecticut was founded in 1639. It is in New England and located on the Long Island Sound. It is east of the Housatonic River and it also part of Fairfield County.
Housatonic River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Housatonic River” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Housatonic”
- Basque: “Housatonic ibaia”
- Catalan: “Riu Housatonic”
- Cebuano: “Housatonic River”
- Chinese: “豪萨托尼河”
- Chuvash: “Хусатоник”
- Dutch: “Housatonic River”
- Dutch: “Housatonic”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر هوساتونيك”
- French: “Housatonic River”
- French: “Housatonic”
- German: “Housatonic River”
- Irish: “Abhainn Housatonic”
- Italian: “Fiume Housatonic”
- Italian: “Housatonic”
- Japanese: “フーストニック川”
- Lithuanian: “Husatonikas”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Housatonic River”
- Norwegian: “Housatonic River”
- Russian: “Хусатоник (река)”
- Russian: “Хусатоник”
- Russian: “Хьюсатоник (река)”
- Slovenian: “Housatonic”
- Ukrainian: “Гузатонік”
- Venetian: “Housatonic”
- Welsh: “Afon Housatonic”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Sniffens Point and Milford Point.
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