On Governor’s Road at Ogilvie Street when traveling west on Governor’s Road.
By 1799 the Morden family had a sawmill near this site
on Spencer Creek north of Dundas Street. They sold this
property in 1800 to Edward Peer who built a grist-mill
about 300 yards south-east, close to Dundas Street, and
adopted the name . . . — — Map (db m220819) HM
On Market Street South at King Street West (Highway 8), on the right when traveling south on Market Street South.
This plaque is to commemorate the men and the units of the 102nd Wentworth Field Battery Royal Canadian Artillery. Formed in Dundas December 15th 1936 stood down March 31st 1970.
The 102nd Wentworth Field Battery was mobilized for active service . . . — — Map (db m196244) HM WM
On Park Street West at Albert Street, on the right when traveling west on Park Street West.
This steam hammer, made by the John Bertram and Sons Co. Ltd of Dundas circa 1939, was bought second hand by Stelco of Hamilton in 1954. At that time, Bertram's was the largest employer in Dundas and had been at the forefront of machine tool . . . — — Map (db m246706) HM
On Albert Street at Park Street West, on the left when traveling north on Albert Street.
Richard Hatt was an ambitious English businessman who came to Dundas in 1801. The large milling complex he built at the junction of Governor's Road and Spencer Creek, known as the Dundas Mills, transformed the quiet valley into an industrial centre . . . — — Map (db m246745) HM
On King Street West (Highway 8) at Market Street South, on the right when traveling east on King Street West.
1921
This monument is erected by
the citizens of Dundas in loving and
grateful memory of our brave boys who
gave their lives for freedom in the
Great War of 1914-18, and for the Empire
in the South African War of 1900-1
Great War 1914 . . . — — Map (db m196251) WM
On Albert Street at Park Street West on Albert Street.
This building originally stood at 85 King Street W, and served
continuously as a doctor's office for six physicians from 1848 to 1974.
It is an early example of Canadian Gothic Revival architecture, a style which became popular in the mid . . . — — Map (db m246747) HM
The area now known as the Dundas Driving Park was
previously a large part of the estate of George Rolph,
lawyer, local politician and hero of the War of 1812. For
many years Rolph graciously allowed a large portion of his
estate to be used as . . . — — Map (db m234178) HM
On The Governor’s Road, 0.1 kilometers east of Bridelwood Drive, on the left when traveling west.
DUNDAS STREET
Dundas Street, named for Henry Dundas, Secretary of State for the British Home Department (1791-1794), was built on Lieutenant Governor Simcoe's orders in 1793-1794. The road, cut by a party of Queen's Rangers from . . . — — Map (db m220871) HM
On Park Street West near Albert Street, on the right when traveling west.
This sundial and compass was originally erected in 1927 on the grounds of the Ellen Osler Memorial Home at the southeast corner of Hatt and Ogilvie Streets. The Ellen Osler Home was founded in 1909 as a rest home for the elderly. It was named in . . . — — Map (db m246709) HM
On Park Street West at Albert Street, on the right when traveling west on Park Street West.
This industrial punch was made by the John Bertram & Sons Co. Ltd, of Dundas and sold to the Goldie McCulloch Co. of Cambridge, Ontario in 1904. It is a multi-use machine designed for cutting, bending, and perforating metal materials.
Later . . . — — Map (db m246722) HM
On Rock Chapel Road, 0.3 kilometers south of Valley Road, on the right when traveling north.
This is the original site of Rock Chapel, a frame building erected in 1822. First known as Cummings Chapel, it was built by local members of the Methodist Episcopal Church and later taken over by the Wesleyan Methodists. The Reverend Egerton . . . — — Map (db m226750) HM
On Osler Drive at Ancaster Street East, on the right when traveling west on Osler Drive.
[text of metal inset plaque]
1849 Sir William Osler 1949
Erected by the Hamilton Academy of Medicine
to commemorate the hundredth anniversary
of the birth of
Sir William Osler
Bart.
[text of main plaque]
Sir . . . — — Map (db m220911) HM
On Osler Drive at Ancaster Street West, on the right when traveling west on Osler Drive.
Erected by the
Hamilton Medical Society
to commemorate the life of
Sir William Osler, Bart.
Student, philosopher and physician
whose early studies of nature in this
vicinity laid the foundation of his career.
He said: “the master word is . . . — — Map (db m246756) HM
On Park Street West at Albert Street on Park Street West.
Stone steps like this were once placed along the main streets of Dundas to help ladies and gentlemen more easily enter and exit their horse-drawn carriages. In the mid-1800s downtown Dundas was a bustling shopping centre with numerous groceries, . . . — — Map (db m246710) HM
On East Street at Cootes Drive, on the right when traveling north on East Street.
In pioneer days waterways provided the essential means
of transportation. Dundas, located at the head of navigation on Lake Ontario and the eastern terminus of the Governor's Road", was thus in a favoured position. However, in 1823 the . . . — — Map (db m219998) HM
On King Street East, 0.3 kilometers east of East Street North, on the right when traveling east.
Peter Desjardins made it his life's work to develop viable canal route from Lake Ontario to Dundas
Desjardins came to Canada from France in 1792. He settled in Dundas in 1805 where he became Richard Hatt's chief clerk, Hatt envisioned a . . . — — Map (db m226479) HM
On Main Street at Dundas Street (County Road 99), on the left when traveling north on Main Street.
Dundas was incorporated as a town in 1847 by a special Act of the legislature of the Province of Canada. The following year the town council accepted a tender from a local builder, James Scott, to erect a stone town hall and voted £2000 to cover the . . . — — Map (db m196237) HM
On East Street at Cootes Drive, on the right when traveling north on East Street.
THE FOUNDING OF DUNDAS
In 1793 Lieutenant-Governor Simcoe authorized a townplot in this vicinity at the then eastern terminus of Dundas Street. Its original name, "Coote's Paradise", was derived from that of the adjoining marsh, a haunt of . . . — — Map (db m219992) HM
On Crook’s Hollow Road, 1.5 kilometers west of Brock Road, on the right when traveling west.
The province's first paper mill began operations in 1826.
Situated about 150 yards downstream from here, it was owned by James Crooks (1778-1860), one of Upper Canada's most successful entrepreneurs. On four hundred acres of land purchased here . . . — — Map (db m223079) HM
