Behind the Congregational Church in Wilton Center, the Comstock Brook goes over a beautiful natural waterfall, which gave the stream its old name, the "Falls Branch" (of the Norwalk River). The falls were the site of Benjamin Hickox's grist and saw mills, built in the 1720's. Below the falls, the Comstock Brook flows a short distance eastward and joins the Norwalk River.

Public footpaths have been built along the Norwalk River at Merwin's Meadows, north of Wilton Center, and also at Schenck's Island Park, south of Wilton Center. Trout fishing is very popular in this area.



Natural waterfall on the Comstock Brook just before
it reaches the Norwalk River at Merwin's Meadows.




Footbridge over the Comstock Brook below the falls.




Fishing on the Norwalk River at Merwin's Meadows. The
row of large rocks was added recently in a streambank
stabilization project by Trout Unlimited and others.




A public tour of the Norwalk River stops at Merwin's
Meadows. Led by Diane Lauricella, an NRWA founder.




Public swimming pool in Merwin's Meadows, near the con-
fluence of the Comstock Brook and the Norwalk River.




Below Wilton Center, footbridge to Schenck's Island
Park. Logs in the river are fish habitat structures
constructed recently by Trout Unlimited and others.


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