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Canandaigua Lake

American  

noun

  1. a lake in W central New York: one of the Finger Lakes.


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When we took the little steamer, John said, “All aboard for Naples,” it reminded him so much of Canandaigua Lake.

From Village Life in America 1852-1872 Including the period of the American Civil War as told in the diary of a school-girl by Richards, Caroline Cowles

One tribe subsequently established themselves at the head of the Canandaigua Lake and became the Senecas.

From Houses and House-Life of the American Aborigines by Morgan, Lewis H.

Canandaigua Lake reached its highest level in sixteen years.

From The True Story of Our National Calamity of Flood, Fire and Tornado by Marshall, Logan

Quitting its watery lair in Canandaigua Lake, the monster encircled their fortification.

From An Address, Delivered Before the Was-ah Ho-de-no-son-ne or New Confederacy of the Iroquois Also, Genundewah, a Poem by Hosmer, William H. C. (William Howe Cuyler)

The great hill at the head of Canandaigua Lake, from whence the Senecas sprung, is called Genundewah.

From An Address, Delivered Before the Was-ah Ho-de-no-son-ne or New Confederacy of the Iroquois Also, Genundewah, a Poem by Hosmer, William H. C. (William Howe Cuyler)

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