Boating, Fishing, and Travel Information for Rowayton, Fivemile River, CT

Rowayton is a village at the head of Fivemile River. In 1981, depths of 2 to 5 feet were reported alongside the small-craft facility wharves on the east side of the river. The river is used chiefly by pleasure craft.
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Fivemile River is a narrow inlet about 0.6 mile westward of Noroton Point and about 0.9 mile northward of Greens Ledge Light. A Federal project provides for a depth of 8 feet to a point about 1 mile up the river. The river is shallow except in the dredged channel and rocks exposed 2 feet at low water have been reported on the east side of the channel near the channel edge in about 41°03’37″N., 73°26’47″W. The channel is marked by buoys.