Cemeteries

Cemeteries in Canaan are overseen by the Selectboard.

Cemetery Custodian:
Town Administrator, Mike Samson at 603-523-4501×5

Notices & Regulations

All flowers, containers and decorations must be removed from all Canaan Cemeteries by the last Sunday of September each year. Your cooperation is appreciated.
Dec 1 (or first snow fall)- May 1: Cemeteries are open to pedestrian traffic only. Burials are not permitted during this time.
Until the first snow fall, not all gates will be unlocked but every cemetery will have a gate open. After the first storm, the gates will be closed.

Cemetery Lots belong to the person or persons who bought the lot. If those people are deceased, the lot belongs to their estate. The executor or a majority of the closest surviving heirs can then allocate space in the lot.

A better solution is to have the persons who own the lot file a letter with the town clerk listing all the people that are eligible (or not eligible) to use the lot. If the original owner is deceased, the person filing the letter should be the executor of the estate or the majority of the closest living heirs.

Town Regulations
NH State Regulations

Canaan Cemetery Annual Report 2020

There were 16 burials in Canaan Cemeteries during 2020. Cemetery custodian Barry Geddes worked during 2020 to straighten and repair head stones in Sawyer Hill Cemetery.

Respectfully submitted,
Canaan Board of Selectmen

Canaan Street Cemetery, Canaan Street
Wells Cemetery, Canaan Street
West Canaan, South Road
Sawyer Hill, Sawyer Hill Road
Blaisdell Cemetery, North Canaan; with Stone transcriptions
West Farms, West Farms Road
The Cobble, off South Road
Birch Corner, Jerusalem Road
Porter, Canaan Street
Jones/Atwell, Dodge Road
St. Mary’s (DeCato/Catholic/Clark Hill Cemetery)
Scofield, near Mud Pond Road

Canaan Historical Society

Vital Records