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Dundas, Ontario, Canada held a town charter between 1848 and 2001. Its nickname is the Valley Town and has a latitude and longitude of 43°15′46″N, 79°57′35″W.
The population has been stable for decades at about twenty thousand, largely because it has not annexed rural land from the protected Dundas Valley Conservation Area. Now operated by the Hamilton Conservation Authority, the area links up directly and indirectly with the Bruce Trail. Other green spaces include the Dundas Driving Park, Veterans Park and Cootes Paradise. The Hamilton Conservation Authority maintains the greenspace, trails, parks and some attractions in the Hamilton, Ontario region. ...
The Bruce Trail is a hiking (and multi-use) trail in southern and central Ontario, Canada. ...
Notable events are the Buskerfest in early June, while the Dundas Cactus Festival is held annually in August. [1] The Dundas Cactus Festival occurs on the third weekend of August in Dundas, Ontario, Canada. ...
Downtown Dundas (May 2005) looking westward. Download high resolution version (2262x876, 346 KB) I created this image May 2005. ...
Download high resolution version (2262x876, 346 KB) I created this image May 2005. ...
History and politics
History and politics to 1974 The town of Dundas was incorporated in 1847 as part of Wentworth County. It was named by John Graves Simcoe, Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada, for his friend Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, a Scottish lawyer and politician who never visited North America. 1847 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...
Wentworth County is a historic county in the Canadian province of Ontario. ...
Johnny the guy Simcoe John Graves Simcoe (February 25, 1752 – October 26, 1806) was the first lieutenant governor of Upper Canada (modern-day southern Ontario plus the shoreline of Georgian Bay and Lake Superior) from 1791-1796. ...
A Lieutenant Governor is a government official who is the subordinate or deputy of a Governor or Governor-General. ...
Flag Map of Upper Canada (orange) Capital Newark 1792 - 1797 York 1797 - 1841 Language(s) English Religion Church of England Government Constitutional monarchy Sovereign - 1791-1820 George III - 1837-1841 Victoria Lieutenant-Governor See list of Lieutenant-Governors Legislature Parliament of Upper Canada - Upper house Legislative Council - Lower house Legislative...
Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville (April 28, 1742 - May 28, 1811) was a British statesman. ...
In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, Dundas enjoyed considerable economic prosperity through its access to Lake Ontario via the Desjardins Canal, and was an important town in Upper Canada and Canada West. It was later surpassed as the economic powerhouse of the area by Hamilton, but for decades it led in importance. A number of Ontario cities (including Toronto) retain streets named Dundas Street, which serve as evidence of its onetime importance. Dundas was once the terminus of Toronto's Dundas Street (also known as Highway 5), one of the earliest routes used by Ontario's first settlers. Lake Ontario, bounded on the north by Ontario and on the south by Ontarios Niagara Peninsula and by New York State, is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. ...
The Desjardins Canal, named after its promoter Pierre Desjardins, was built to give Dundas, Ontario, easier access to Lake Ontario and the Great Lakes system of North America. ...
Canada West was the western portion of the former Province of Canada from 1841 to 1867. ...
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Dundas Street showing the 506 Carlton Streetcar (the 505 Dundas Street streetcar also runs along Dundas), with Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) in background. ...
With the establishment of McMaster University in nearby west Hamilton in 1930, Dundas gradually became a bedroom community of the university faculty and students, with a thriving arts community. Dundas has a large community of potters and several studio shows/walking tours of the town feature their work each year. McMaster University is a medium-sized research-intensive university located in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, with an enrollment of 18,238 full-time and 3,836 part-time students (as of 2006). ...
Amalgamation with Hamilton has been proposed on a number of different occasions throughout the history of Dundas, particularly in the 1970s at the time of the formation of the city of Cambridge from a number of smaller towns including Galt, Preston and Hespeler. For the electoral district, see Cambridge (electoral district). ...
Instead, Dundas and Hamilton became two of six second-tier municipalities in the Regional Municipality of Hamilton-Wentworth. There was rough parity between Hamilton and suburban or rural members of the regional council, and it seemed likely that Dundas and other smaller communities like Ancaster had preserved their identity from encroachment by Hamilton. The Regional Municipality of Hamilton-Wentworth was proclaimed by the Progressive Conservative government of Ontario on January 1, 1974 (with legislation being passed the previous year). ...
Ancaster is a suburban community southwest of Hamilton, Ontario, with which it amalgamated in 2001. ...
History and politics 1974-2001 On March 1st, 1976 Town Council proclaimed Dundas the "The Cactus Capital of Canada." This gave rise to the Cactus Festival as the Chamber of Commerce and the Dundas Jaycees were looking to create a summer festival with a strong theme. [2] 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ...
In 1995, the issue was resurrected when a Progressive Conservative provincial government under Mike Harris was elected with a stated platform (the Common Sense Revolution) of cost-cutting and reduction of bureaucratic waste. Several proposals for amalgamation were made during the first Harris government, but no formal steps were taken towards amalgamation as they were in many other Ontario municipalities. 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Ontario Progressive Conservative Party (PC Party of Ontario, also known as Tories) is a right-of-centre political party in Ontario, Canada. ...
Michael Deane Harris (born January 23, 1945, in Toronto, Ontario) was the twenty-second Premier of Ontario from June 26, 1995 to April 15, 2002. ...
The phrase Common Sense Revolution (CSR) has been used as a political slogan to describe common sense conservative platforms in Australia and the U.S. state of New Jersey in the 1990s. ...
Nevertheless a "Dundas Forever" campaign was launched within the town, which took out newspaper ads and distributed signs and bumper stickers promoting the continuation of Dundas' town status. Some observers suggested that the residents of the suburbs were being self-serving, as their present status entitled them to many of the benefits of Hamilton while avoiding the negatives (chiefly high property taxes).
During the 1999 provincial election, the amalgamation question became a significant election issue. Toni Skarica, the Progressive Conservative MPP for Wentworth North, a riding made up largely of the suburban towns in which amalgamation was an issue, explicitly promised that amalgamation would not happen if he were re-elected, despite apparently contrary statements from his government. Map of Ontarios ridings and their popular vote for their party elected The Ontario Legislature after the 1999 election. ...
Toni Skarica is a politician in Ontario, Canada. ...
Wentworth North was a former federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons, and located in the province of Ontario. ...
In early 2000, the results of a citizen-organized poll on amalgamation were published. The poll claimed a 30% turnout of eligible voters, and a 90% vote against amalgamation. In February, the Harris government announced that Dundas and the rest of Hamilton-Wentworth would be amalgamated to create a new City of Hamilton. In late February 2000, Skarica resigned his seat in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as an act of protest. 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Provincial Parliament of Ontario, is the legislature of the Canadian province of Ontario. ...
In the summer of 2000, a by-election was held in the new riding of Ancaster-Dundas-Flamborough-Aldershot. The PCs attempted to counter the anger at amalgamation by running a star local candidate, Priscilla de Villiers, but the election went to Ted McMeekin, a Liberal and the former mayor of Flamborough, who made his displeasure at amalgamation very evident. Mark Coakley, a Hamilton lawyer and television personality, campaigned as this riding's first provincial Green Party candidate. The electoral riding is now called Ancaster-Dundas-Flamborough-Westdale. A by-election or bye-election is a special election held to fill a political office when the incumbent has died or resigned. ...
Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Aldershot is the name of a former federal and current provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada. ...
Priscilla de Villiers is a Canadian activist. ...
Ted McMeekin is a politician in Ontario, Canada. ...
The Ontario Liberal Party is a center-right provincial political party in the province of Ontario, Canada. ...
Flamborough (sometimes both officially and informally spelled Flamboro) is a former town near and current community in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. ...
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On January 1, 2001, all municipalities of the former two-tier Hamilton-Wentworth Region, including Dundas, Stoney Creek, Flamborough, Ancaster and Glanbrook, were formally amalgamated under the name the City of Hamilton. This act garnered considerable controversy amongst residents of Dundas and other nearby communities. January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ...
2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Regional Municipality of Hamilton-Wentworth was proclaimed by the Progressive Conservative government of Ontario on January 1, 1974 (with legislation being passed the previous year). ...
Flamborough (sometimes both officially and informally spelled Flamboro) is a former town near and current community in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. ...
Ancaster is a suburban community southwest of Hamilton, Ontario, with which it amalgamated in 2001. ...
Glanbrook was formerly a rural township of about ten thousand inhabitants south of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, with which it was amalgamated in 2001. ...
Motto: Together Aspire - Together Achieve Location in the province of Ontario, Canada Coordinates: Country Canada Province Ontario Incorporated June 9, 1846[1] Government - Mayor Fred Eisenberger - City Council Hamilton City Council - Representatives 5 MPs and 5 MPPs Area [2] - City 1,138. ...
Despite Dundas now to being referred to as Hamilton, citizens of this small town still proudly call their valley Dundas.
Demographics The 2001 census population of Dundas was 24,394. By the 2006 census, the population had increased slightly, to 24,702.
The racial make is:
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- 0-14 years: 18.2%
- 15-64 years: 63.7%
- 65 years and over: 18.1%
Arts
Fine Arts Dundas is home to the Dundas Valley School of Art. Marion Farnan and Emily Dutton established it in 1964, and it became a non-profit corporation three years later. Since 1970, it has been located in the former Canada Screw Works building from the 1860s. It began a full-time diploma programme with McMaster University in 1998. Download high resolution version (2292x1348, 570 KB) I created this image in May 2005. ...
Download high resolution version (2292x1348, 570 KB) I created this image in May 2005. ...
1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ...
1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ...
McMaster University is a medium-sized research-intensive university located in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, with an enrollment of 18,238 full-time and 3,836 part-time students (as of 2006). ...
The Carnegie Gallery is housed in the 1910 Carnegie library building and celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2005. It is run by the Dundas Art & Craft Association and hosts art exhibitions, book readings, concerts and a gift shop. 1910 (MCMX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Sunday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ...
A Carnegie library, opened in 1913 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, designed in Spanish Colonial style Carnegie libraries for both public use and academic institutions were built with money donated by Scottish-American businessman Andrew Carnegie, earning him the nickname, the Patron Saint of Libraries. ...
2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Music "Dundas, Ontario" is also the title of a song from the album Start Breaking My Heart by the electronic artist Caribou (formerly Manitoba), a native of the town. The town has produced other independent artists including Junior Boys and smaller bands such as Winter Equinox. Daniel V. Snaith (born 1979), who records under the stage name Caribou, is an electronic musician. ...
Junior Boys are a Canadian indie electronic pop group. ...
Winter Equinox jamming somewhere Winter Equinox are a post-rock/experimental band hailing from Dundas & Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, formed in May 2004. ...
Folksinger Stan Rogers, who died in an airplane crash in 1982, was born in Dundas as well. He is best remembered for his unofficial Nova Scotia anthem "Barrett's Privateers". “Folk song†redirects here. ...
Stanley Allison Rogers (November 29, 1949 – June 2, 1983) was a Canadian folk musician and songwriter. ...
1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Motto: Munit Haec et Altera Vincit(Latin) One defends and the other conquers Capital Halifax Largest city Halifax Regional Municipality Official languages English Government - Lieutenant-Governor Mayann E. Francis - Premier Rodney MacDonald (PC) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament - House seats 11 - Senate seats 10 Confederation July 1, 1867 (1st) Area...
An anthem is a choral composition to an English religious text sung in church services. ...
Film Because of Dundas' early 20th century downtown architecture it was the location for the telefilm Haven and a Chrysler commercial. Also Cabin Fever,Swarm and Wrong Turn made use of Dundas locations. This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...
A television movie (also TV movie, TV-movie, made-for-TV movie, etc. ...
Haven is a 2004 film directed by Frank E. Flowers set in the Cayman Islands, a British tax haven, which originally premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2004. ...
For other uses, see Chrysler (disambiguation). ...
The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ...
Cabin Fever (2002) is an American horror movie written and directed by newcomer Eli Roth. ...
In early December 2004 The West Wing did some filming; remaking parts of Dundas (Town Hall, a residence, Cabin Fever and Deluxe Restaurant) into New Hampshire locales. The three episodes aired in late January and early February 2005. Several dozen fans of the show braved chilly weather to witness the snails pace of television filming and grab autographs and photos with celebrities. Even some young people unfamiliar with The West Wing bore witness to the proceedings because "there's nothing better to do on a Sunday in Dundas." [3] 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The West Wing is a popular and widely acclaimed American television serial drama created by Aaron Sorkin and produced and co-written by John Wells. ...
Official language(s) English Capital Concord Largest city Manchester Area Ranked 46th - Total 9,359 sq mi (24,239 km²) - Width 68 miles (110 km) - Length 190 miles (305 km) - % water 3. ...
2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
For the 1998 movie, see Celebrity (1998 movie). ...
In December of 2005 major filming was done for 'Man of the Year' starring Robin Williams and Christopher Walken. Mr. Williams delighted townsfolk, taking time for pictures and autographs in the downtown core. [4] Robin McLaurim Williams (born July 21, 1951 or 1952)[1] is an Academy Award-winning American actor and comedian. ...
Christopher Walken (born Ronald Walken on March 31, 1943) is an Academy Award-winning American film and theatre actor. ...
Famous residents See the David Thomas disambiguation page for other people with this name. ...
This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...
The Four Doctors by John Singer Sargent, 1905, depicts the four physicians who founded Johns Hopkins Hospital. ...
Stanley Allison Rogers (November 29, 1949 – June 2, 1983) was a Canadian folk musician and songwriter. ...
Skydiving In 1998 Dundas became home to one of the longest running and few remaining parachuting clubs in North America. SWOOP, established in 1978, was originally from Grand Bend before the move to Dundas.[citation needed] 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean [1]. // Coated in ice, power and telephone lines sag and often break, resulting in power outages. ...
Skydiver about to land Parachuting, or skydiving, is an activity involving the breaking of a free-fall from a height using a parachute. ...
1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ...
A summer evening on the Grand Bend beach Located on the shores of Lake Huron, Grand Bend, often referred to as simply The Bend or GB, is part of the municipality of Lambton Shores in the county of Lambton. ...
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