Canaan Heights, West Virginia

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Canaan Heights
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Canaan Heights
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Canaan Heights
Canaan Heights (the United States)
Coordinates: 39°5′53″N79°25′50″W / 39.09806°N 79.43056°W / 39.09806; -79.43056
Country United States
State West Virginia
County Tucker
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)

Canaan Heights is an unincorporated community in Tucker County, West Virginia, United States. Canaan Heights is located on West Virginia Route 32, south of Davis.[ citation needed ]

As of 2006, it had a large, mature plantation of Norway spruce ( Picea abies ). [1]

In May 2023, Canaan Heights reported 20.3 inches of snowfall, the largest May snowstorm recorded in the history of West Virginia. [2]

References

  1. Menzel, Jennifer M.; Ford, W. M.; Edwards, John W.; Terry, Tamara M. (2006). "Home Range and Habitat use of the Vulnerable Virginia Northern Flying Squirrel Glaucomys Sabrinus Fuscus in the Central Appalachian Mountains, USA". Oryx. 40 (2): 204–210. doi:10.1017/S0030605306000494. ProQuest   222306160.
  2. Livingston, Ian (May 3, 2023). "West Virginia sees biggest May snowfall on record with up to 20 inches". The Washington Post (Online). ProQuest   2808766366 . Retrieved December 28, 2024.