Links to local area Attractions

The Connecticut River Museum - The 1879 Steamboat Dock, at the foot of Main Street in historic Essex Village, served as a port of call for steamboat service from New York City to Hartford, Conn. This National Register site replaced earlier commercial wharves dating back to 1650, when colonial ships started trade with the West Indies. Today Steamboat Dock is home to the Connecticut River Museum, where the Connecticut River Valley story is told through year round changing exhibitions, activities and programs.

Essex Steam Train Museum - Historic Steam Locomotive in Essex, Connecticut. Operated by the Valley Railroad Company.

Chester Merchants Association - A website of information about the dozens of businesses and merchants that comprise the famous Chester Connecticut. Also featured is an annual calendar of very special events to which tourists come from afar to attend and enjoy.

The Goodspeed Opera House - Dedicated to the preservation and advancement of musical Theatre, Goodspeed produces three musicals April - December on its main stage in East Haddam, Connecticut, and three new musicals on its second stage, Goodspeed-at-Chester/The Norma Terris Theatre, in Chester, Connecticut. Fifteen Goodspeed productions have transferred to Broadway, receiving more than a dozen Tony Awards. Goodspeed also publishes SHOW MUSIC Magazine and maintains the Goodspeed Library of Musical Theatre.