CANANDAIGUA, a city of New York, U.S.A., at the north ern end of beautiful Canandaigua lake, 3om. S.E. of Rochester ; the county seat of Ontario county and a popular summer resort. It is on Federal highway zo, and is served by the New York Cen tral and the Pennsylvania railways. The population in 193o Fed eral census was 7,541. There are several private schools at Canan daigua and also a number of endowed charitable institutions. The manufactures include spokes, ploughs and harrows, optical sup plies, enamelled ware, corsets, pressed brick and rustless tin. Grape culture is important in the region.
The city occupies the site of an Indian village (Kanadarque) which was destroyed by Gen. John Sullivan in 1779. It was set tled in 1789, incorporated as a village in 1812 and as a city in 1913.