The Canandaigua Treaty, also known as the Pickering Treaty, was signed on November 11, 1794. The Treaty’s intention was to establish peace and friendship between the United States and the Haudenosaunee Confederacy of the Six Nations (Seneca, Cayuga, Onondaga, Oneida, Mohawk, and Tuscarora). The Canandaigua treaty is still recognized by the Six Nations and the United States, although it has been strained and violations have taken place. The most notable violation was the construction, by the United States, of the Kinzua Dam in Pennsylvania in the 1960’s, which drowned a tract of Seneca land.

Each year, the Canandaigua Treaty is commemorated on the lawn in front of the Ontario County Courthouse in Canandaigua, NY. This year, the Treaty Commemoration will take place at 2PM. Please see the link below for more information.

https://www.ganondagan.org/canandaigua-treaty-commemoration

The Canandaigua Treaty will be on display at Ontario County Historical Society from 10AM-4:30PM. You can learn about events leading up to the Treaty’s signing in the Door to Western New York: A General History of Ontario County exhibit in OCHS’s South Gallery. Visitors are welcome to take photographs of the treaty.