The Canaanites Canaan, North Canaan, New Canaan, East Canaan, ... and Falls Village As a non-Connecticut native, I'm not qualified to write this. Quite simply, I can't make sense of it. Then again, as an outsider, I can see the issue for what it is: stupid. Let's dispense with New Canaan off the bat, as it … [Read more...]
East Canaan Post Office
Canaaaaaaaaaaan! East Canaan Post Office, North Canaan I'm annoyed with myself. I'm annoyed I started noticing unique post offices around Connecticut and now I "have to" document them and write a bunch of sentences about them. In the end, they're just post offices, y'know? This one in the East Canaan section … [Read more...]
New England Accordion Museum
Accordion To My Notes... North Canaan (Google Maps location) February 2022 The accordion was invented some 200 years ago, and its American heyday stretched from 1925 to 1960. The instrument is heavy and unwieldy. It cannot play quietly and it can be as piercing as a garbage truck's squealing brakes. The accordion … [Read more...]
Great Falls Brewing Company
Great Hall From Fire Great Falls Brewing Co., North Canaan April 2019 Just when a brewery opens in some sparsely populated far-flung Connecticut burg, it seems another one pops up in a smaller and farther-flung burg. I happen to love North Canaan and extreme northwestern Connecticut - and I really love that the … [Read more...]
CTMQ’s Guide to North Canaan
Everything North Canaan I’ve been exploring and writing about Connecticut since 2006. After a decade, I began compiling CTMQ guides for each town in the state. I plan on “completing” North Canaan CTMQ-style... as well as the other 168 towns, cities, and boroughs in Connecticut. That is the ultimate goal of CTMQ. … [Read more...]
TSTL’17.3: Beckley Furnace Industrial Monument
The Sky's the Limit 2017 Hiking Challenge #3 Beckley Furnace Industrial Monument, North Canaan February 26, 2017 Another cold Connecticut winter’s day... What to do, what to do... Oh, I know! Bundle up the boys, toss them into the car, and point the car west to pick up a couple more 2017 Sky’s the Limit Challenge … [Read more...]
Waterfall on Blackberry River
The Fall of Industry Waterfall on Blackberry River, East Canaan I could really go somewhere with my title pun, but choose not to. Probably because there’s not really anywhere to go with it that would make it any better anyway. These falls are included in the new (2013) Connecticut Waterfalls guidebook, so … [Read more...]
Collin’s Diner
Canaan Able to Eat Collin’s Diner, North Canaan April 3, 2010 The word “iconic” is tossed about the American lexicon with wild abandon these days. I blame sports writers the most, but the word has invaded all corners or writing and commentating. I’m proud to say I don’t think I’ve used it more than a few times … [Read more...]
153. C.H. Pease Museum of Natural History
May I Pease See Your Museum North Canaan (Google Maps Location) February 20, 2010 No one will complain about me writing too much about this little museum. That’s because I don’t have anything to say about it. There is no information online anywhere at all and the signage at the museum was sparse to say the … [Read more...]
The Oldest Operating Union Station in the US
All Aboard from Canaan to Sodom! The Oldest Operating Union Station in the US 2019 Update: This building is open and occupied by a brewery and a museum and other stuff! I've also read the claim that this is also the "oldest surviving Victorian train station in the US, but it burnt down so that's ridiculous to … [Read more...]