CANANDAIGUA, a town in the United States, capital of the county of Ontario in New York, is situated at the northern end of a lake of the same name, 29 miles S.E. of Rochester by rail, in 42° 54' N. lat. and 77° 27' W. long. It is a railway junction of some importance, and has a court-house, an academy, and two printing-offices. Its incorporation dates from 1815. The lake is a beautiful sheet of water about 15 miles long, with a breadth varying from less than a mile to more than a mile and a half. It is about 437 feet above Lake Ontario. The population of the town is 4862, and of the township 7274.