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.
SPECIAL:
Photo by Dick Ramsey
Norwalk Seaport Association
Friends of the Norwalk Islands
SPECIAL PRICE for birthday parties booked through March 31.
PLUS Seaport Association members get an additional $25 discount.
Call 203-838-9444.
Three honorees will receive the Seaport Association's 2010 Beacon Award during this festive dinner-dance that supports the NSA's habitat restoration programs and its stewardship for historic Sheffield Island Lighthouse.
RESERVATIONS REQUIRED
203-838-9444
LIGHT KEEPER'S GALA
Friday, March 26
6:30-11:30 p.m.
Dolce Norwalk Center
32 Weed Avenue
