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Canaan is the most northern and eastern town in Vermont. It covers an area of 21,376 acres and is 1,355 feet above sea level. It consists of five villages: Canaan, South Canaan, Canaan, Hill, Beecher Falls and Lake Wallace.
HIGHWAYS
Canaan is located on route 114 and within easy driving distance of Montreal, Quebec, Boston, Massachusetts, Portland, Maine and Burlington, Vermont. It has 17.84 miles of state maintained highways, 2.35 miles of class II roads, 13.93 miles of class III roads and 9.80 miles of class IV roads.
PUBLIC WORKS
An ample supply of metered water with adequate fire flows is available throughout the entire service district. All water is chlorinated and stored in a covered reservoir. The town has a wastewater treatment facility. It also has a transfer station for garbage, which is separated and recycled. For hours of operation, please call the town clerk at 802-266-3370.
UTILITIES
Electricity is available from Vermont Electric Cooperative (800-832-2667 or 802-635-2331). Telephone service is provided by Consolidated Communications (800-585-4466). The local calling area includes Norton and Lemington, Vermont as well as Colebrook, Pittsburg, and Stewartstown, New Hampshire. Vonage (877-695-4359) is a publicly held Internet and telephone service provider Click here to learn more about Vonage Services. AT&T (877-385-7578) is a TV, phone and internet provider Click here to learn more about AT&T services. Click here to learn more about AT&T Latino services (Spanish). Allconnect is integrated with over 200 utility providers Click here to easily compare and choose the utility providers
TELECOMMUNICATIONS/INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS
The Town of Canaan has met the challenges of the 21st Century head on and offer many great services that provide high-speed internet. Service provides can be found below.
Consolidated Communications (f/k/a Fairpoint Communications): (844-968-7224)
FiberCast Broadband: (603-331-0000)
Netafy: (877-412-9434)
Trailrunner Wireless: (207-761-4286)
POST OFFICES
There are two post offices in the town. One is located in Canaan (802-266-3473) and the other in Beecher Falls (802-266-3037).
NEWSPAPERS/TELEVISION
Regional (Caledonian Record and Union Leader) and local (News and Sentinel and Colebrook Chronicle) newspapers are available at Solomon’s Store, which is located adjacent to Canaan in West Stewartstown, New Hampshire. Cable television is available in the Village from White Mountain Cablevision (800-233-7350) and satellite television is provided by the DirecTV Click to learn more about DirectTV services 800-280-4388) and Dish (603-788-4766) networks. Click here to learn more about Dish services. Click here to learn about supplementary resources regarding Dish
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