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Canaan Heights, West Virginia

Coordinates: 39°5′53″N 79°25′50″W / 39.09806°N 79.43056°W / 39.09806; -79.43056
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Canaan Heights
Canaan Heights is located in West Virginia
Canaan Heights
Canaan Heights
Location within the state of West Virginia
Canaan Heights is located in the United States
Canaan Heights
Canaan Heights
Canaan Heights (the United States)
Coordinates: 39°5′53″N 79°25′50″W / 39.09806°N 79.43056°W / 39.09806; -79.43056
CountryUnited States
StateWest Virginia
CountyTucker
Time zoneUTC-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

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  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 – via ProQuest.
  2. ^ Livingston, Ian (May 3, 2023). "West Virginia sees biggest May snowfall on record with up to 20 inches". The Washington Post (Online). Retrieved December 28, 2024 – via ProQuest.