East Canaan War Memorial, North Canaan – Jerry Dougherty
The town of North Canaan is located in the northwest corner of the state in Litchfield County and shares its northern border with Massachusetts. Locals call their community Canaan and the neighboring town of that same name Falls Village. Once one town, Canaan and North Canaan informally divided with the formation of the Second Ecclesiastical Society in 1769. Early industry included iron production. During the 19th century and into the 20th, agriculture and dairy farming were the town’s mainstays, and the Borden milk factory, located within the town’s borders, processed milk for shipment. Today, North Canaan is mostly residential and continues to quarry lime, sand, and gravel.
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Places
Department of Energy & Environmental Protection. “Beckley Furnace Industrial Monument,” 2017. Link.
Documents
Connecticut State Library Digital Collections. “North Canaan - WPA Architectural Survey,” 2016. Link.
“North Canaan Collection.” Connecticut Digital Archive, n.d. Link.
Forbes, Samuel, and John Adam. “Pages from an Account Book of Iron Manufacturer Forbes and Adam.” Forbes & Adam, 1800 1796. Connecticut History Illustrated, Connecticut Historical Society. Link.
Books
J.W. Lewis & Company. History of Litchfield County, Connecticut, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of the Prominent Men and Pioneers. Philadelphia, PA: J.W. Lewis & Company, 1881. Link.
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