Wilmot in New Dundee in Waterloo Region, Ontario — Central Canada (North America)

The Founding of New Dundee

1830 - 2005

Photographed by Tim Boyd, June 11, 2024

1. The Founding of New Dundee Marker

Inscription. John Millar and his two brothers immigrated to Canada from Dundee, Scotland in the early 1800s. John purchased Crown land here in 1830 and 1832 and dammed Alder Creek to create a mill pond for his sawmill. A village grew next to the mill-pond which he named New Dundee, meaning "in the hollow by the water". In 1846 John sold a portion of his property to his brother, Frederick, who later laid out the original plan for the village and became its first postmaster. Frederick built a board and batten Carpenters Gothic house in 1850. Home and office to numerous doctors, it is still known as the "Doctor's House". Today, the mill pond - known as Alder Lake - remains a focal and recreational point of life in New Dundee.

Erected by the Waterloo Historical Society with the assistance of the Ontario Heritage Foundation
To commemorate the 175th anniversary of New Dundee: 1830-2005

Erected 2005 by Waterloo Historical Society/ Ontario Heritage Foundation.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Industry & Commerce • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1830.

Location. 43° 21.153′ N, 80° 32.107′ W. Marker is in New Dundee, Ontario, in Waterloo Region. It is in Wilmot. It is at the intersection

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of Main Street and Mill Street, on the right when traveling east on Main Street. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: New Dundee ON N0B 2E0, Canada. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Huron-Perth-Waterloo-Wellington Area

and in Southwestern Ontario.

It is also in Central Canada.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once a British colony,

the Viceroyalty of New France,

the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

and Rupert’s Land.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 10 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: New Dundee Women’s Institute (approx. 0.6 kilometers away); William J. Wintemberg 1876-1941 (approx. 0.6 kilometers away); Detweiler Meetinghouse (approx. 3.9 kilometers away); The Goldie Family and the Village of Greenfield / La Famille Goldie au Village de Greenfield (approx. 7.6 kilometers away); Plattsville Park History (approx. 8.4 kilometers away); Waterloo Historical Society (approx. 9.5 kilometers away); The Huron Road (approx. 9.5 kilometers away); Huron Road Bridge (approx. 9.7 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in New Dundee.

Also see . . .
1. . (Submitted on June 14, 2024, by Tim Boyd of Hamilton, Ontario.)
2. New Dundee.ca - History.

New Dundee grew slowly; its shops serving the village residents and the farm families surrounding it. At one time New Dundee boasted services such as: carriage, blacksmith, harness and woodworking shops, meat markets, an apple dehydrating plant and as many as four sets of gas pumps. It was a regular Saturday night town. Residents would ride into town in a horse-and-buggy
Photographed by Tim Boyd, June 11, 2024

2. The Founding of New Dundee Marker
on Saturdays when the stores would stay open late and people would gather around the stove at the general store to catch up on the latest news.

(Submitted on June 14, 2024, by Tim Boyd of Hamilton, Ontario.)

Photographed by Tim Boyd, June 11, 2024

3. The Founding of New Dundee Marker

The Doctor’s House, New Dundee image. Click for full size.

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4. The Doctor’s House, New Dundee

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Credits. This page was last revised on June 15, 2024. It was originally submitted on June 14, 2024, by Tim Boyd of Hamilton, Ontario. This page has been viewed 210 times since then and 43 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on June 14, 2024, by Tim Boyd of Hamilton, Ontario. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.