A Visit To Wallingford’s Fireworks Island

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Five years ago, I visited Wallingford’s Quinnipiac River Linear Trail and left somewhat empty. Not to leave you with the impression the 1.1-mile-long trail isn’t worth a visit, but once you passed through a tunnel under the Wilbur Cross Parkway, the path just stopped.

Dead end. Curtain closed. The end.

Not anymore. After several years of planning and construction, another mile has been added to the trail connecting to a place called Fireworks Island and the Yalesville section of town. The trip is still out and back, but the new path offers some stellar views of the Quinnipiac and a history lesson of a place that was once home to the “Fireworks Capital of Connecticut.”

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