Town of Canaan


Doris Gearing, Town Historian
Phone: (518)392-5704
 Email: [email protected]
 [email protected] 

Canaan, New York, was founded by setters from Canaan, Connecticut in 1759. The town was founded in 1772 as "Kings District". The name was changed to "Canaan" in 1788. One of the oldest sections of Canaan is Frisbie Street, settled in 1770 by Gideon Frisbie, who emigrated from Canaan, Connecticut. Frisbie Street fronts what was once the Albany-Boston stagecoach route.


The Lace House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

12/31/22  The Red Rock Schoolhouse has recently been added to the the New York State and National Historic Registry of Historic Places!

Brigadier General Todd Traver
was guest speaker. 

Town of Canaan Memorial Day Celebration

Stoddard Field Memorial Day Event and Parade

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New Concord Anson Pratt House

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WL Speeds Queechy Lake

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No.949 The Old Queechy Farm House, Canaan, NY made famous by Susan B. Warner in books "Queechy" and Wide, Wide World".

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Beebe Pond, Canaan NY Postcard

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Canaan Historical Society-restoration project

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1919 Public School Canaan, NY

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Picking apples at Berkshire Industrial Farm, Canaan, N.Y., 1907 - 1910

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Lakeview from Hinton's Point, Queechy Lake, Canaan Four Corners, NY

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Public School, Canaan, NY

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Concord Avenue, East Chatham, NY

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Canaan Four Corners, NY, The Bell Boy Berkshire Industrial Farm

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Canaan NY, The Kettle at Queechy Lake

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The Trolley Car Berkshire Industrial Farm, Canaan Four Corners NY

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Street at Walker House, Canaan, NY

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CANAAN FOUR CORNERS NY Church c1910

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Echo Farm Cottages, Queechy Lake, 1906