Editing Milford, Connecticut (section)

===Islands and coastline===

[[File:PostcardLaurelBeachMilfordCT1910.jpg|thumb|right|Laurel Beach, 1910]]
Milford has over {{convert|14|mi}} of shoreline facing [[Long Island Sound]], the most of any town in Connecticut.<ref>Charles, Eleanor [https://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/07/realestate/if-you-re-thinking-living-milford-conn-long-shoreline-wealth-activities.html "If You're Thinking of Living In/Milford, Conn.; Long Shoreline and a Wealth of Activities"], ''The New York Times'', April 7, 2002, accessed July 3, 2011.</ref> A large portion of Milford's shoreline forms the [[Silver Sands State Park]]. A newly built 3/4 mile [[boardwalk]] was opened in 2011 that connects Silver Sands to Walnut Beach in Devon. [[Charles Island, Connecticut|Charles Island]] is also a part of the park and is a protected bird nesting ground. There is a [[Shoal|sandbar]] (called a [[tombolo]] since it is perpendicular, not parallel to the coast) accessible during low tide that people can walk on from Silver Sands Beach to Charles Island. However, the sandbar can be dangerous to walk on as the quick change from low tide to high tide has led to several drownings. Visitors to Charles Island include treasure hunters looking for stolen treasure believed to have been buried in 1699 by Captain William Kidd and his pirate crew.<ref name=":0" />

The island is a part of the Hamonasset-Ledyard [[Moraine]] and was formed as glaciers retreated at the end of the last ice age. The [[Wisconsin Continental Ice Shelf|Wisconsin glaciation]] formed [[drumlin]]s in Milford: Clark, Burwell, Eels, Bryan and Merwin hills.<ref name=jwsrgcri>Skehan, James W., ''Roadside Geology of Connecticut and Rhode Island'', p 218, Missoula, Montana: Mountain Press Publishing Co., 2008, {{ISBN|978-0-8784-2547-1}}</ref>

Milford owns three islands in the [[Housatonic River]]: [[Fowler Island]], just to the south of the [[Igor I. Sikorsky Memorial Bridge]], [[Duck Island (Milford, Connecticut)|Duck Island]], and [[Nells Island]], both near the mouth of the river. In addition to [[Silver Sands State Park]], Milford has five public beaches with lifeguard services for its residents—Gulf Beach, Anchor Beach, Hawley Avenue Beach, Walnut Beach, and Middle Beach—as well as seven private beaches.