{{Short description|Island in Orange, Connecticut, U.S.}} {{Use American English|date=January 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2026}} '''Wooster Island''' is an island in the Housatonic River<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sheltonconservation.org/cri/housatonic_river.htm |title=Housatonic River |access-date=2010-05-28 |archive-date=2010-08-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100828164054/http://www.sheltonconservation.org/cri/housatonic_river.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> in Orange, Connecticut.
The island is uninhabited, but is used for duck hunting.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://valley.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/two_men_dog_stranded_on_wooster_island/|title=Two Men, Dog, Rescued from Wooster Island | Valley Independent Sentinel}}</ref> Fishing is legal and considered safe,<ref name="waterquality">{{cite web|url=http://www.kids.ct.gov/dep/lib/dep/water/water_quality_management/305b/2008_draft_integrated_water_quality_report.pdf |access-date=2023-09-24 |title=INTEGRATED WATER QUALITY REPORT| publisher=State of Connecticut|date=2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721034622/http://www.kids.ct.gov/dep/lib/dep/water/water_quality_management/305b/2008_draft_integrated_water_quality_report.pdf| archive-date=2011-07-21}}</ref> though shellfishing is not allowed or recommended due to contamination and oxygen depletion.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://oaspub.epa.gov/tmdl/enviro.control?p_list_id=CT-C1_021-SB&p_cycle=2008 |title=2008 Waterbody Report for Lis Cb Inner - Housatonic River (Upper), Orange |access-date=2010-05-28 |archive-date=2011-06-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110614031938/http://oaspub.epa.gov/tmdl/enviro.control?p_list_id=CT-C1_021-SB&p_cycle=2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The southernmost tip of the island is considered the northernmost limit of salt water in the river.<ref name="waterquality"/>
==Physical characteristics== {{coord|41|16|50|N|73|04|58|W}} *The island is approximately half-way north of Great Flat Island in Milford, and south of Two Mile Island in Shelton. *Elevation: ~{{convert|39|ft|m}} <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.lat-long.com/Latitude-Longitude-212273-Connecticut-Wooster_Island.html|title=Wooster Island, Connecticut Latitude/Longitude}}</ref> *The water quality surrounding the island is known to contain Escherichia coli.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kids.ct.gov/dep/lib/dep/water/water_quality_management/305b/2006appendixc303d.pdf |title=Appendix C. 2006 List of Connecticut Waterbodies Not Meeting Water Quality Standards|access-date=2023-09-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721035012/http://www.kids.ct.gov/dep/lib/dep/water/water_quality_management/305b/2006appendixc303d.pdf |archive-date=2011-07-21}}</ref>
==Transportation== All transportation to and from the island is by boat. It is illegal to operate a boat from the northern to southern tip of the island at speeds greater than "Slow-No-Wake".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ct.gov/dep/lib/dep/regulations/15/15-121-B1through15-121-B18.pdf |title=Sec. 15-121-B1. Requirements of application for number |access-date=2023-09-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100515194140/http://www.ct.gov/dep/lib/dep/regulations/15/15-121-B1through15-121-B18.pdf| archive-date=2010-05-15}}</ref>
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==External links== {{Islands and Peninsulas of Connecticut}}
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Category:Orange, Connecticut Category:Landforms of New Haven County, Connecticut Category:River islands of Connecticut Category:Uninhabited islands of Connecticut