page_title: Stratford, Connecticut
section_title: Great Salt Marsh
hierarchical_section_title: Stratford, Connecticut / Geography / Great Salt Marsh
caption_attribution_description: English: Paradise Green Park. Shops in Paradise Green include a pharmacy, ice cream shop, restaurants, and a bakery.
context_page_description: Stratford is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. It is situated on Long Island Sound along Connecticut's "Gold Coast" at the mouth of the Housatonic River. Stratford is in the Bridgeport–Stamford–Norwalk Metropolitan Statistical Area. It was founded by Puritans in 1639.
  The population was 51,384 as of the 2010 census. It is bordered on the west by Bridgeport, to the north by Trumbull and Shelton, and on the east by Milford. Stratford has a historical legacy in aviation, the military, and theater.
context_section_description: The Great Meadows Unit of the Stewart B. McKinney National Wildlife Refuge is a key bird migration stopover. The open water area of the Great Salt Marsh is known as Lewis Gut.
caption: Paradise Green Park. Shops in Paradise Green include a pharmacy, ice cream shop, restaurants, and a bakery.
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