Norwalk Harbor opens into Long Island Sound between Manresa Island and Calf Pasture Point, a popular City Park. The harbor maintains a width of half a mile or more from the Sound up to its head at Veterans' Memorial Park, the scene of Norwalk's annual Oyster Festival and many other cultural events.

The Norwalk River enters the harbor near South Norwalk's busy Washington Street district. The Maritime Aquarium and the Norwalk Museum (occupying the former City Hall building) are also in this area. To the east, beyond Veterans' Park, is Mill Pond, a body of water that's connected to the harbor by a narrow neck. In 1709 a mill was constructed here to take advantage of the power supplied by the tidal flow of the water through this neck. This source of energy was used well into the 20th century.



The Norwalk Museum, in the old City Hall.




South Norwalk's Maritime Aquarium.




Boats and businesses at Norwalk Harbor. The grey
building at left is Talmadge Brothers (oysterers).




The Mill Pond, site of an old tidal mill.




Norwalk Harbor from Veterans' Park


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