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Historical Markers in New Dundee

 
By Tim Boyd, June 11, 2024
The Founding of New Dundee Marker
1 ► Ontario, Waterloo Region, New Dundee, Wilmot — The Founding of New Dundee — 1830 - 2005 —
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 . . . — — Map (db m248739) HM
2 ► Ontario, Waterloo Region, New Dundee — New Dundee Women’s Institute —
In June 1907, twenty-eight local women had the initiative and foresight to form the New Dundee Branch of the Federated Women's Institutes of Ontario (FWIO). Established in 1897, and becoming a world-wide women's not-for-profit organization, FWIO . . . — — Map (db m248710) HM
3 ► Ontario, Waterloo Region, New Dundee — William J. Wintemberg 1876-1941 —
An outstanding Canadian archaeologist, Wintemberg was born in New Dundee and, as a youth, developed an avid interest in this region's folklore and prehistory. After 1901, he pursued various trades in Toronto but, encouraged by David Boyle of the . . . — — Map (db m248711) HM
 
 
  
  
 
 
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