Canaan Map
Canaan is a town in Essex County, Vermont, United States. The population was 1,078 at the 2000 census. Canaan contains the village of Beecher Falls, located at the confluence of the Connecticut River and Halls Stream. It is part of the Berlin, NH–VT Micropolitan Statistical Area.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 33.4 square miles (86.5 km2), of which 33.2 square miles (86.0 km2) are land and 0.2 square mile (0.4 km2) (0.51%) is water.
Canaan is the northeasternmost town in Vermont, bordering both Quebec to the north and New Hampshire to the east. It is one of two towns in Vermont to share a border with both another state and Canada, the other such town being Alburgh in the northwestern corner. Canaan is also the only town in Vermont to share a land border with New Hampshire - the town's far northeastern corner touches the southwestern corner of the town of Pittsburg - as the Connecticut River defines the state line from Canaan southward.
Nearby cities include Colebrook.