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Burning spring. Natural gas spring near hamlet of Bristol Cen- 
ter on a small brook that empties into west side of Ganargua or 
Mud creek, visited by La Salle in 1669 
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Canadice. Town, formed under this name in 1829, off from 
town of Richmond. Took its name from Canadice lake, which 
lies wholly within its boundaries 
Canadice Corners. Business center of town of Canadice 
Canadice lake. Name derived from the Indian name, Skan-e-a- 
tice, meaning “ long lake ” 
Canandaigua. Name derived from that of Indian village on 
same site, (written also as Kanandarqua, Kennadarqua, Ganundagwa 
and otherwise), destroyed by Sullivan’s army in 1779. Meaning 
“place set apart’ or, more poetically expressed, “the chosen spot.” 
First settled in 1789. County seat. Incorporated as village in 1815, 
as city 1919 
Canandaigua lake. Named after Indian settlement near its foot 
Centerfield. Hamlet on old Utica-Buffalo post road. So named 
because located half-way between Canandaigua and East Bloomfield 
Chapin. Hamlet on outlet of Canandaigua lake, east of Canan- 
daigua city in town of Hopewell. First named Chapinville after 
Captain Israel Chapin, builder of the first grist mill on the stream 
in 1789 
Cheshire. Hamlet in Canandaigua town, named after Cheshire, 
Conn., from which several early settlers emigrated 
Clifton Springs. Village in town of Manchester, first known as 
Sulphur Springs. Settled in 1800. Incorporated in 1859 
Cold Springs. Former name of Bristol Springs, hamlet in town 
of South Bristol 
Cook’s point. Prominent point on west shore of Canandaigua 
lake. First settled by Frederick Winthrop Holcomb in 1812. Later 
named Cook’s after Robert Cook, who conducted a popular summer 
boarding house on the point 
Cottage City. Summer cottage colony on east shore of Canan- 
daigua lake in town of Gorham 
Covel Settlement. Small hamlet in town of South Bristol, named 
after a leading early settler, James Covel, who came from Wood- 
stock, Vt., in 1806 
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Dennison’s Corners. Small hamlet in town of Richmond, named 
from the pioneer Asa Dennison, who settled there in 1795 
