Operating since 1979, the Norwalk Seaport Association is a non-profit environmental, preservation and maritime educational organization offering a wide array of educational programs, special events and community projects.
The organization’s best-known event is the annual NSA Oyster Festival, now looking forward to its 32nd year, which attracts as many as 50,000 people during three days in early September and also provides $240,000 in fund-raising opportunities for more than 20 other local non-profit organizations.
Sheffield Island & Its Lighthouse
The Norwalk Seaport Association has owned, restored and maintained Sheffield Island Lighthouse since 1986 and is the official U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Friends group for the Norwalk Islands.
Sheffield Island with its historic 141-year-old lighthouse, beaches and wildlife refuge offers abundant summer fun for visitors.
From May through September, visitors can board the Seaport Association’s 42-foot G.W. Tyler ferry for a cruise to the island then tour the lighthouse, observe wildlife in their natural habitat in the Stewart B. McKinney National Wildlife Refuge, hunt for shells along the beach, dine on a picnic lunch, play on the lawns around the lighthouse and just have a good time. The lighthouse tower provides magnificent views of Long Island Sound and, on a clear day, of the New York City skyline.
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HEADLINE ENTERTAINMENT"Dancing with the Stars" fans will recognize two headliners for the 2009 Norwalk Seaport Association Oyster Festival.
Opening the festival on Friday, September 11, will be country music star Chuck Wicks, who demonstrated his dancing prowess with professional partner Julianne Hough this season.
On this season's first show, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, the Saturday night headliner, performed "Calloway Boogie," a sogn from the band's first studio album in five years, How Big Can You Get?: The Music of Cab Calloway.
Beatlemania Now!, a multimedia and musical celebration of the 60s, will be the festival finale on September 13.
NEW AT SHEFFIELD ISLAND
Working with Downunder Kayaking of Rowayton, the Norwalk Seaport Association offers visitors the opportunity to try sit-on-top kayaking, explore the island coastline and enjoy the island from a different vantage point.
Photo by Dick Ramsey
THURSDAY CLAMBAKES AT SHEFFIELD ISLAND
Throughout the summer, groups can cruise to Sheffield Island for a dinner catered by Bulls Head Market. Reservations required: 203-838-9444.
SUMMER PROGRAMS AT SHEFFIELD ISLAND
Registration is open for the Norwalk Seaport Association’s summer programs for youngsters at Sheffield Island. Sheffield Island with its historic 141-year-old lighthouse, beaches and wildlife refuge offers abundant summer fun for young visitors, including new nature photography classes and exclusive summer adventure sessions.
SEAPORT BIRTHDAY PARTY SPECIAL RATE!
$295.00 rate for birthday parties booked for July and August.
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BIRD-WATCHING CRUISES
Saturdays -- July 18 ... August 1, 15 & 28
7:30-10:30 a.m.
Join Master Wildlife Conservationist Larry Flynn aboard the Seaport Ferry and explore the amazing bird populations around the Norwalk River and Harbor and the Islands of Long Island Sound. All levels of bird watchers are welcome and binoculars are available for beginners.
Reservations recommended: 203-838-9444
Fee: $20 adults ($18 NSA members) ... $12 children
