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CTMQ > North Canaan

The Canaan Conundrum

July 13, 2022 by Steve 2 Comments

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...]

Filed Under: Books, Movies, People, & Stories, Everything Else, Geography, New Post Tagged With: Canaan, geo-oddities, Litchfield County, North Canaan, town essays

East Canaan Post Office

March 7, 2022 by Steve Leave a Comment

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...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Houses, Communities, Libraries, & Businesses, New Post Tagged With: Litchfield County, North Canaan, post offices

New England Accordion Museum

February 22, 2022 by Steve 6 Comments

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...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Calvin, Free Museums, Litchfield County, North Canaan

Great Falls Brewing Company

April 25, 2019 by Steve Leave a Comment

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...]

Filed Under: Breweries, Food & Drink, New Post Tagged With: great falls brewing, Litchfield County, North Canaan

CTMQ’s Guide to North Canaan

April 18, 2019 by Steve Leave a Comment

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...]

Filed Under: CTMQ Town Guides, New Post Tagged With: Litchfield County, North Canaan

TSTL’17.3: Beckley Furnace Industrial Monument

March 28, 2017 by Steve Leave a Comment

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...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Museums, New Post Tagged With: beckley furnace, Calvin, Damian, Hiking Challenges with Rewards, Industrial History, Litchfield County, North Canaan, Other state owned trail, Sky's the Limit Challenge

Waterfall on Blackberry River

August 5, 2013 by Steve Leave a Comment

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...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Everything Else Tagged With: beckley furnace, Calvin, Damian, Iron Heritage Trail, Litchfield County, North Canaan, Waterfalls

Collin’s Diner

April 9, 2010 by Steve Leave a Comment

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...]

Filed Under: Classic Diners & True Taverns, Food & Drink Tagged With: Classic Diners, Damian, Litchfield County, North Canaan, restaurants

153. C.H. Pease Museum of Natural History

February 23, 2010 by Steve 3 Comments

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...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: BEARS!, Damian, Free Museums, Hoang, Libraries, Litchfield County, Natural History, North Canaan

The Oldest Operating Union Station in the US

December 3, 2009 by Steve 13 Comments

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...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Superlatives Tagged With: Dubious Claims, Firsts Onlies and Oldests, Litchfield County, North Canaan, Trains and Trolleys

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