Canaan, Vermont, USA (Beecher Falls) (Wallace Pond)
1849 - Canaan

Essex Co. Canaan lies opposite Stewartstown, N. H. The north-east corner of the town is the most easterly land in Vermont. February 26, 1782, it received a new charter, and October 23, 1801, the town of Norfolk was annexed to it. Canaan being a frontier town, was subject to considerable disturbance during the last war with Great Britain. Willard's Brook, &c., afford good mill privileges. The former is two rods wide at its junction with the Connecticut, Leeds Pond from which it issues is partly in Canada. There is some fine intervale on the Connecticut, and much good land in other parts. This town affords a fine field for fowling and angling.

Boundaries. North by Hereford, Canada, east by Connecticut River, and south-west by Lemington and Averill.

First Settlers. John Hugh, Hubbard Spencer, and Silas Sargeant in 1791.

Productions of the Soil. Wheat, 692 bushels ; Indian corn, 285 bushels ; potatoes, 26,400 bushels; hay, 1,451 tons; maple sugar, 11,450 pounds; wool, 2,711 pounds.

Distances. Thirty-five miles north from Guildhall, and one hundred and three north-east from Montpelier.

A gazetteer of Vermont... by John Hayward Boston - Tappan, Whittemore, and Mason 1849

Visit Canaan, Vermont, USA (Beecher Falls) (Wallace Pond)
Discover the people who lived there, the places they visited and the stories they shared.