Canandaigua is a city in the Finger Lakes Region of New York on Lake Canandaigua, and is the seat of Ontario County. The population is around 11,000.
An Iroquois settlement in the area until 1779, when Major General John Sullivan and his soldiers destroyed it due to the Four Nations' alliance with the British. Whites settled the area in 1789. Canandaigua became a village in 1815, and became a city in 1913.
Canandaigua's name come from one of many Iroquois words, some of which have similar meanings. The city's name comes from either "canandargua", meaning place of settlement or a chosen spot; "ganadarque", meaing a place selected for settlement; "genundewahguah", meaning great hill people; or "cahnandahgwah", meanign sleeping beauty.
Buildings on Main Street.
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