Funeral Homes in Canaan, NH

Facts about the city

Canaan is a town in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 3,909 at the 2010 census. It is the location of Mascoma State Forest. Canaan is home to the Cardigan Mountain School, the town's largest employer.The main village of the town, where 524 people resided at the 2010 census, is defined as the Canaan census-designated place (CDP), and is located at the junction of U.S. Route 4 with New Hampshire Route 118.

Canaan Obituaries

It was noted on July 10th, 2016 that Raymond C Field passed on in Largo, Florida.  Field was 84 years old and was born in Canaan, NH.  Send flowers to express your sympathy and honor Raymond C's life.

It was written on July 10th, 2016 that Raymond C Field died in Largo, Florida.  Field was 84 years old and was born in Canaan, NH.  Send flowers to share your condolences and honor Raymond C's life.

It was revealed by Burlington Free Press on August 21st, 2013 that Earl Thomas Hazelton perished in St Albans, Vermont.  Hazelton was 99 years old and was born in Canaan, NH.  Send flowers to share your condolences and honor Earl Thomas's life.

History

Four miles north of Canaan Station, the southbound Quebec, Canada to Boston, Massachusetts express, heavily loaded with passengers returning from the Sherbrooke Fair, collided head-on with a northbound Boston and Maine Railroad & Maine freight train. Twenty-five people perished, and an equal number were seriously injured. Later, the community would be a stop on the Underground Railroad. The population was 3,319 at the 2000 census. On August 10, 1835, white residents of Canaan, with the help of neighboring towns and "nearly 100 yoke of oxen," forcibly removed Noyes Academy from its foundation.

The official website for the city of Canaan is http://www.canaannh.org.