Editing Canton, Connecticut (section)

==Points of interest==
The Canton Historical Museum in Collinsville is located in a building of the former Collins Axe Company, founded by [[Samuel W. Collins]] and one of the first ax factories in the world. It displays a 19th-century [[general store]], a [[post office]], a [[printing press]] and [[blacksmith]] and [[barber]] shops. Vehicles, tools and farm implements are also exhibited, as well as a working railroad [[diorama]], Victorian fashions, toys and dolls.<ref name=aaa07>''Connecticut, Massachusetts & Rhode Island Tourbook 2007 Edition''. (2007) p 57. AAA Publishing, Heathrow, Florida</ref>

The town is on the Farmington River, and Collinsville Canoe & Kayak is the largest specialty canoe and kayak store in New England. A [[rail trail]] also runs through the town.<ref>Collier, Christopher Percy, [https://archive.today/20120720172935/http://www.budgettravel.com/bt-dyn/content/article/2007/08/06/AR2007080600886.html "10 Coolest Small Towns, Conn."] article in ''Budget Travel'', September 2007, retrieved November 12, 2008</ref>

In the southeastern corridor of Canton, along [[U.S. Route 44#Connecticut|U.S. Route 44]], there is an open-air shopping center called The Shops at Farmington Valley, which opened in 2004. The shopping center has space for 50 stores and restaurants.

The [[Collinsville Renewable Energy Promotion Act (H.R. 316;113th Congress)]] was a piece of federal legislation that dealt specifically with Collinsville. The bill was introduced into the [[United States House of Representatives]] of the [[113th United States Congress]] by Representatives [[Elizabeth Esty]]. The bill directed the [[Federal Energy Regulatory Commission]] to reinstate two lapsed licenses and grant them to the town so that the town could restart two old dams and generate [[Hydroelectricity|hydroelectric power]].<ref name=316sum>{{cite web|title=H.R 316 - 113th Congress|url=http://beta.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/316|publisher=United States Congress|access-date=April 12, 2013}}</ref>