Canandaigua Lake
Canandaigua Lake
Coordinates	42°45′24″N, 77°19′04″W
Lake type	glacial
Basin countries	USA
Max length	16 miles (25 km)
Max width	1.5 miles (2.4 km)
Surface area	10,750 acres (43 km²)
Average depth	127 feet (39 m)
Max depth	276 feet (84 m)
Water volume	429 billion gallons (1.6 km³)
Shore length1	36 miles (58 km)
Surface elevation	688 feet (210 m)
Islands	Squaw Island
Settlements	Canandaigua, Naples, New York
1 Shore length is an imprecise measure which may not be standardized for this article.

Canandaigua Lake is the fourth largest of the Finger Lakes, in the U.S. state of New York. It is called the "Chosen Spot" in the one of the languages of the Iroquois. At the northern end is the city of Canandaigua and the southern end is near the town of Naples, embedded in the heart of the Finger Lakes wine country. Image File history File links Canandaigualake. ... A man-made lake in Keukenhof, Netherlands A lake is a body of water or other liquid of considerable size surrounded by land. ... A drainage basin is the area within the drainage basin divide (yellow outline), and drains the surface runoff and river discharge (blue lines) of a contiguous area. ... There are two local governmental bodies known as Canandaigua and both are in Ontario County, New York. ... Naples is a town in Ontario County, New York, USA. The population was 2,441 at the 2000 census. ... The Finger Lakes, a major tourist destination in the west-central section of Upstate New York, are actually eleven in number, but only seven of the largest are commonly identified as such. ... Federal courts Supreme Court Chief Justice Associate Justices Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures State Courts Counties, Cities, and Towns Other countries Politics Portal      A state of the United States is any one of the fifty subnational entities of the... NY redirects here. ... The Iroquois Confederacy (Haudenosaunee, also known as the League of Peace and Power, Five Nations, or Six Nations) is a group of First Nations/Native Americans. ... The city of Chicago, as seen from the sky The main square of the Catalan city of Sabadell during a popular celebration. ... There are two local governmental bodies known as Canandaigua and both are in Ontario County, New York. ... Naples is a village located in Ontario County, New York. ...

Canandaigua Lake is 15 1/2 miles (25 km) long, 1 1/2 miles (2.4 km) wide, and has a shore line of about 36 miles (58 km). Near the northern end is Squaw Island. About fifty percent of the surrounding land is in forest, but most of the remainder is under agriculture. Temperate rainforest on Northern Slopes of the Alborz mountain ranges, Iran A dense growth of softwoods (a conifer forest) in the Sierra Nevada Range of Northern California A decidous broadleaf (Beech) forest in Slovenia. ...

Canandaigua Lake State Marine Park is located in the City of Canandaigua on the north end. It offers a boat launch for powerboats and fishing access from May to mid-October.

Squaw Island is an 11,000 year old island located at the north end of the lake. It is the smallest Fish and Wildlife Management Area in New York State and one of only two islands in the eleven Finger Lakes. The Seneca recall that the island was used to hide the Seneca women and children during the Sullivan Expedition against the Six Nations of the Iroquois in 1779. The island is one of the few places on earth where an extremely rare form of carbonate of lime forms deposits on pebbles (conglomerate). It is a feathery light rock which is calcified from algae filtered by sand and pond scum. The rock, locally called "water biscuits", is hard in the water but crumbles if allowed to dry out. In recent years the island has been eroding rapidly from the forces of ice, wind, water currents and development changing the wave patterns. In 1977, New York State Department of Environmental Conversation installed a cedar log buffer around the island to help preserve it. Its size was approximately two acres (8,000 m²) in 1853, it shrank by 75% in 162 years, then to one quarter acre (1,000 m²) in 1971. Today only 55 feet by 145 feet of the island remains. A newly formed group called the Squaw Island Preservation Society has raised citizen support to protect the island and its unique place in science and local history, after state officials said they would no longer maintain it. Work on the preservation was completed in Summer 2001. The Seneca are a Native American people, one of the Six Nations of the Iroquois League. ... The Sullivan Expedition, also known as the Sullivan-Clinton Expedition, was a campaign led by Major General John Sullivan and General James Clinton against Loyalists (Tories) and the four nations of the Iroquois who had sided with the British in the American Revolutionary War. ... The term Six Nations can refer to: The six nations of the Iroquois Confederacy, a union of Native American/First Nations tribes. ... 1779 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Lime is a general term for various naturally occurring minerals and materials derived from them in which carbonates, oxides and hydroxides of calcium predominate. ... Pebbles A pebble is a rock with a size of 4 to 75 millimeters (some say 64 millimeters). ... A conglomerate with iron oxide cementing material A conglomerate (IPA: ) is a rock consisting of individual stones that have become cemented together. ... The rocky side of a mountain creek near Orosí, Costa Rica. ... A seaweed (Laurencia) up close: the branches are multicellular and only about 1 mm thick. ... An industrial water filter with geared motor A water filter is a device which removes impurities from water by means of a fine physical barrier, chemical processes and or biological process. ... Snowflakes by Wilson Bentley, 1902 Ice is the name given to any one of the 14 known solid phases of water. ... Wind, tacuinum sanitatis casanatensis (XIV century) Given a difference in barometric pressure between two air masses, a wind will arise between the two which tends to flow from the area of high pressure to the area of low pressure until the two air masses are at the same pressure, although... A current is the rate of fluid flow, especially water or air. ...

New York's Canandaigua Lake

Physical characteristics of the lake are: Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 203 pixel Image in higher resolution (1728 × 439 pixel, file size: 179 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) View of Canandaigua Lake, taken from the Western Shore, 1998, by H.G. Judd File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 203 pixel Image in higher resolution (1728 × 439 pixel, file size: 179 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) View of Canandaigua Lake, taken from the Western Shore, 1998, by H.G. Judd File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file...

• 16.57 square miles (43 km²) of surface area
• 15.8 miles (25 km) long
• 1.5 miles (2.4 km) wide
• 276 feet (84 m) maximum depth
• 127 feet (38.8 m) mean depth
• 688 feet (210 m) above sea level
• 35.9 miles (58 km) of shoreline
  • 34.7 (97%) private
  • 1.2 (3%) public
• 429 billion US gallons (1.6 km³) capacity

[edit] History

The first steamboat in the Finger Lakes region was the Enterprise, which was launched in 1825. Canandaigua Lake's steamboat era ran from 1827 with the launching of the Lady of the Lake and ended in 1935 when the Idler discontinued passenger service. There were fourteen major boats that provided commercial service on Canandaigua Lake. Today, the Canandaigua Lady, a 19th century replica of a double-decked paddleboat, continues this tradition. Paddle steamers — Lucerne, Switzerland. ... Opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway 1825 (MDCCCXXV) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...

The Native Americans and white settlers signed the Pickering Treaty just north of the lake. This granted the white colonists permission to settle the Great Lakes Basin. This parchment that is in the Memorial Museum has the names of famous Indian chiefs. They are Red Jacket, Cornplanter, Handsome Lake, Farmer's Brother and Fish Carrier. Chief Quanah Parker of the Quahadi Comanche Native Americans in the United States (also Indians, American Indians, First Americans, Indigenous Peoples, Aboriginal Peoples, Aboriginal Americans, Amerindians, Amerinds, or Original Americans) are those indigenous peoples within the territory which is now encompassed by the continental United States, and their descendants in... Red Jacket (known as Otetiani in his youth and Segoyewatha after 1780) (c. ... Chief Cornplanter portrait by F. Bertoli, 1796 Gaiäntwakê (c. ... Handsome Lake (1735 – 10 August 1815) was a Seneca religious leader of the Iroquois people. ...

Currently the lake has the distinction of having the 2nd most expensive lake frontage in the country, behind only Lake Tahoe in California. The lakeshore is dotted with sprawling waterfront estates and quaint cottages, and in the summer becomes a vacation spot for many affluent Rochestarians. With the average lakefront home price hovering near $2,000,000 homes rarely remain on the market for longer than a month. The lakes convenient location only 40 minutes away from Rochester, New York makes it easy for the families of prominent lawyers, doctors, and businessmen to enjoy the pleasures of this beautiful body of water. The summer season lasts from Memorial Day through to Labor Day. Tahoe redirects here. ... Nickname: The Flour City, The Flower City, The Worlds Image Center Motto: Rochester: Made for Living Location of Rochester in New York State Country United States State New York County Monroe  - Mayor Robert Duffy Area    - City  37. ... Relatives and others traditionally place flags near veterans headstones on Memorial Day Memorial Day is a United States federal holiday that is observed on the last Monday of May (most recently observed May 29, 2006). ... Labour Day (or Labor Day) is an annual holiday that resulted from efforts of the labour union movement, to celebrate the economic and social achievements of workers. ...

[edit] Points of interest

• Sonnenberg Mansion and Gardens, at the north end of the lake
• The Canandaigua Lady provides tours of the Lake

The Sonnenberg Mansion and Gardens (52 acres) are located at 151 Charlotte Street, Canandaigua, New York, at the north end of Canandaigua Lake, in the Finger Lakes region of Upstate New York. ...

[edit] External links

• New York State Parks: Canandaigua Lake State Marine Park
• Canandaigua Lake Watershed Council
• Maps and aerial photos Coordinates: 42.87° -77.27°
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