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United States Vermont  Essex   Canaan 

Brief History
Canaan was chartered on February 25, 1782 by the Vermont Legislature. The town of Canaan consists of several subdivisions such as Beecher Falls, Wallace Pond (also knows as Lake Wallis), South Canaan, and Canaan Hill.

During the 1800’s, people began migrating to Canaan as it was strategically located on the border with Canada and New Hampshire. During the 1900’s many people immigrated to Canaan from Quebec, Canada. Today there are a number of French Canadian families living in the area and French is spoken at many social gatherings.

Town Histories

 * History of Brunswick, Vermont, by Verne M Hunter and Marjorie M Carrier (1977) - find this book in a library.
 * The Curse of Brunswick Springs.

Vital Records
FamilySearch Historical Records Collection has Vermont birth, death, and marriage records online.

Probate Records
The probate district for Canaan is Essex. Essex Probate Court Main St. Box 426 Island Pond, VT 05846 Phone: (802) 723-4770

Cemeteries
The following is a list of major cemeteries in present-day Canaan. For location of all cemeteries, see Cemeteries of Vermont, Essex County, website at this link.


 * Connecticut Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Smith-Gardner-Shoff Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.

Town Records
Town Clerk Vital and Town Records, 1796 -1888, can be found on FamilySearch (browse only images).

The Family History Library has microfilm of original records from the Canaan Town Clerk's Office. These include Deeds, 1793-1886; index to land records, 1786-1969.

Canaan Town Office PO Box 159 318 Christian Hill Canaan, VT 05903 Phone: (802) 266-3370 Website: http://www.canaan-vt.org/contactus.html

Libraries and Historical Societies
Alice M. Ward Memorial Library P.O. Box 134 27 Park Street Canaan, VT 05903 Phone: (802) 266-7135 E-mail: alicewardmemoriallibrary@yahoo.com Website: http://alicewardmemoriallibrary.wordpress.com/

Canaan Historical Society PO Box 214 Canaan, Vermont 05903 Email:canvthistsoc@gmail.com Website: http://www.canaanvthistoricalsociety.org/