Canning is a small town in
South 24 Parganas District of
West Bengal, about 64 km from
Kolkata. The town is also called the gateway of Sundarban, from where one can reach the
Sunderbans, the world’s largest estuarine delta formed by the confluence of three rivers.
There is a railway station which is well connected with suburban trains from Kolkata. The nearby attractions include
Gosaba and Sajnakhali.