canderi-oit

Updated: January 3, 2026

Another authority, in describing Lake George, says: "The Indians named the lake, on account of the purity of its waters, Horicon, or 'silvery water; they also called it Canderi-oit, or 'the tail of the lake, on account of its connecting with Lake Champlain."

Nathaniel H. (Nathaniel Holmes) Bishop - Voyage of the Paper Canoe; a geographical journey of 2500 miles, from Quebec to the Gulf of Mexico, during the years 1874-5