CNHS - Dundas Street
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stinger503
N 43° 15.507 W 079° 58.630
17T E 583019 N 4790023
Plaque describing historic road
Waymark Code: WME3C7
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 03/29/2012
Views: 11
Located near a high school, this plaque describes the origins and importance of Dundas Street. The street was built on the order of Simcoe in 1793. The road stretches from Burlington Bay up to the Thames River, this completed a connection that goes from Montreal to Detroit and opened up settlement along much of southern Ontario.
Classification: National Historic Event
Province or Territory: Ontario
Location - City name/Town name: Dundas a part of Hamilton
Link to Parks Canada entry (must be on www.pc.gc.ca): [Web Link]
Link to HistoricPlaces.ca: Not listed
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