Canaan, VT

Canaan is a census-designated place comprising the main settlement in Canaan, Essex County, Vermont, United States. The 2010 census counted 392, residents. The Canaan CDP is in the northeast part of Canaan and is bordered by Leach Creek to the west, the Connecticut River to the southeast, the community of Beecher Falls, Vermont, to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec to the north. The community of West Stewartstown, New Hampshire, is to the southeast, across the Connecticut River. The through line in Canaan is the way its history and present-day settings remain visible on the same map. Canaan makes the most sense through those concrete details, with its history still visible in the settings people use today. Beecher Falls to the east is the northeasternmost community in Vermont.