Canadensis, Pennsylvania
Canadensis is an unincorporated community in Barrett Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania. Canadensis is home to a few small shops, restaurants and churches. The "crossroads", which is the intersection of Pennsylvania Routes 447 and 390, is the center of the community.
Pronunciation
Canadensis is pronounced Can-ah-DEN-sis.Tourism
[image:Candensis PA.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.2|Business in Canadensis]Canadensis is the "heart" of the Poconos; it is home to a number of bed and breakfasts. It is home to Spruce Lake Retreat. Spruce Lake hosts groups and also has an overnight camp and day-camp for kids. The area is more for the outdoor enthusiasts, mostly during the summer. In the summer Canadensis serves as a home to many sleepaway campers from the tri-state area at Camp Canadensis. There are no actual tourism sites within Canadensis. Canadensis has a few restaurants and small businesses which function to serve the local economy rather than attract tourists.
Transportation
Canadensis has two state roads, Pennsylvania Route 447 and Pennsylvania Route 390, which intersect at the center of town. Its airport is the Flying Dollar Airport.Bordering towns
Schools
Pocono Mountain School DistrictBais Menachem YDP, is a branch of the central Tomchei Tmimim Lubavitch moved to Canadensis in the Summer of 2018.
Bais Menachem YDP is an all-male, ultra-orthodox, Chassidic youth program for high school and college aged boys. Its core philosophies include Jewish and Chassidic principles, and ensuring that its students learn to become happy, healthy, respectful, and productive members of society at large. Bais Menachem YDP is an organization that focuses on building self efficacy and educating young men in their Jewish traditions, while at the same time encouraging participants to cultivate positive and healthy growth through music, art, hands on vocational projects, farming, recreation and other creative avenues.