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North
Canaan, CT - Affordable
country living and a strong focus on community activities.
This steadily growing town nestled in historic Canaan valley
has gorgeous views of the berkshire foothills and is located
in the northwest corner of Connecticut. Canaan (settled in
1738), has officially been called North Canaan since 1858,
when the southern section of town split off. During the second
half of the 19th century, the Housatonic and Connecticut Western
railroads crossed here, bringing 12 passenger trains and sending
two milk trains daily to New York City. Freight trains loaded
up on pig iron, nails, and ship anchors smelted and forged
along the Blackberry River from Salisbury ore; local quarries
supplied the limestone and marble used in constructing the
state capitol building in 1879. Currently we can still see
some of those quarries carved into the hillsides south of
town. Mining is still part of Canaan's economy, especially
the high-grade magnesium favored by the atomic-energy industry.
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