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New Haven Harbor is an inlet on the north side of Long Island Sound
Long Island Sound

Long Island Sound is an estuary of the Atlantic Ocean and various rivers in the United States that lies between the coast of Connecticut to the north and Long Island, New York to the south....
 in the state of Connecticut
Connecticut

Connecticut is a U.S. state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States. The state borders New York to the west and south , Massachusetts to the north, and Rhode Island to the east....
 in the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
. The harbor area is an inlet carved by the retreat of the glaciers during the last ice age
Ice age

The general term "ice age" or, more precisely, "glacial age" denotes a geological period of long-term reduction in the temperature of the Earth's surface and atmosphere, resulting in an expansion of continental ice sheets, polar ice sheets and alpine glaciers....
 approximately 13,000 years ago.

The city of New Haven
New Haven, Connecticut

New Haven is the third largest municipality in Connecticut, after Bridgeport, Connecticut and Hartford, with a core population of about 124,000 people....
  and its neighborhoods of City Point, Long Wharf
Long Wharf (New Haven)

Long Wharf is a waterfront district and neighborhood of the city of New Haven, Connecticut, United States....
, The Annex
The Annex (New Haven)

The Annex is a residential neighborhood of the city if New Haven, Connecticut. It is located in the eastern side of New Haven Harbor across from Long Wharf ....
, and East Shore
East Shore (New Haven)

East Shore, also known as Morris Cove, is a neighborhood of the city of New Haven, Connecticut. Its name is derived from its geographic location on the east side of New Haven Harbor....
 lie on the northern and eastern sides. West Haven
West Haven, Connecticut

West Haven is a city in New Haven County, Connecticut, Connecticut, United States. According to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 52,721....
 is on the west. The Quinnipiac
Quinnipiac River

The Quinnipiac River is a river in the New England region of the United States, located entirely in the state of Connecticut.It rises in west central Connecticut from Dead Wood Swamp west of the city of New Britain, Connecticut....
 and Mill rivers converge and empty into the inlet on its north end.






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New Haven Harbor is an inlet on the north side of Long Island Sound
Long Island Sound

Long Island Sound is an estuary of the Atlantic Ocean and various rivers in the United States that lies between the coast of Connecticut to the north and Long Island, New York to the south....
 in the state of Connecticut
Connecticut

Connecticut is a U.S. state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States. The state borders New York to the west and south , Massachusetts to the north, and Rhode Island to the east....
 in the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
. The harbor area is an inlet carved by the retreat of the glaciers during the last ice age
Ice age

The general term "ice age" or, more precisely, "glacial age" denotes a geological period of long-term reduction in the temperature of the Earth's surface and atmosphere, resulting in an expansion of continental ice sheets, polar ice sheets and alpine glaciers....
 approximately 13,000 years ago.

The city of New Haven
New Haven, Connecticut

New Haven is the third largest municipality in Connecticut, after Bridgeport, Connecticut and Hartford, with a core population of about 124,000 people....
  and its neighborhoods of City Point, Long Wharf
Long Wharf (New Haven)

Long Wharf is a waterfront district and neighborhood of the city of New Haven, Connecticut, United States....
, The Annex
The Annex (New Haven)

The Annex is a residential neighborhood of the city if New Haven, Connecticut. It is located in the eastern side of New Haven Harbor across from Long Wharf ....
, and East Shore
East Shore (New Haven)

East Shore, also known as Morris Cove, is a neighborhood of the city of New Haven, Connecticut. Its name is derived from its geographic location on the east side of New Haven Harbor....
 lie on the northern and eastern sides. West Haven
West Haven, Connecticut

West Haven is a city in New Haven County, Connecticut, Connecticut, United States. According to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 52,721....
 is on the west. The Quinnipiac
Quinnipiac River

The Quinnipiac River is a river in the New England region of the United States, located entirely in the state of Connecticut.It rises in west central Connecticut from Dead Wood Swamp west of the city of New Britain, Connecticut....
 and Mill rivers converge and empty into the inlet on its north end. The Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge
Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge (Connecticut)

The Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge, more commonly referred to as the Q Bridge by locals, is a bridge that carries Interstate 95 over the mouth of the Quinnipiac River in New Haven, Connecticut....
 crosses here. The West River
West River (Connecticut)

The West River is a freshwater stream in southern Connecticut. It flows through the towns of Bethany, Connecticut, Woodbridge, Connecticut, and New Haven, Connecticut before discharging into the West Haven, Connecticut Harbor....
 empties into the western end of the harbor (also known as West Haven Harbor).

The harbor is protected from Long Island Sound by a peninsula from its western side, once known as "Little Necke" but now called Lighthouse Point, because of the lighthouse that was constructed on its tip in 1805. The original lighthouse was replaced in 1845 by the current structure, called the Five Mile Point
Five Mile Point

Five Mile Point Light, also known as New Haven Harbor Lighthouse, is a lighthouse in New Haven, Connecticut, United States, on the New Haven Harbor entrance to Long Island Sound, five miles from Downtown New Haven....
 Lighthouse. This lighthouse was replaced for navigation in 1877 by the offshore Southwest Ledge Light
Southwest Ledge Light

Southwest Ledge Light is a lighthouse in New Haven, Connecticut,United States, on the reef at main entrance to New Haven Harbor. It was one of the first to be built on a cylindrical iron foundation....
. Sperry Lighthouse (1899-1933) also served the harbor.

In July 1779, during the American Revolutionary War
American Revolutionary War

The American Revolutionary War , also known as the American War of Independence, began as a war between the Kingdom of Great Britain and Thirteen Colonies on the North America, and ended in a global war between several European great powers....
, the peninsula was the scene of an amphibious landing by British
Great Britain

Great Britain is an island lying to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the List of islands by area, and the largest in Europe. With a population of 58.9 million people it is List of islands by population....
 troops.

The harbor is circumnavigable via the partially-completed "Harborside Greenway" bicycle and pedestrian trail, which is part of the East Coast Greenway
East Coast Greenway

The East Coast Greenway, or ECG, is a project to create a nearly 3000-mile urban path linking the major cities along the Atlantic coast of the United States, from Calais, Maine to Key West, Florida for non-motorized human transportation....
 system.

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