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This site has links to pages with historical information on Dundas, Ontario. If you know of any other pages, please contact me at davidoreilly@sympatico.ca

I would like to thank my son Brendan O'Reilly for his expertise in creating this page.

• 1786 - The First Settlers
• 1793 - Governor Simco Established Coote's Paradise as a Garrison Town
• 1793 - Dundas Street Governor's Road
• 1800 - Richard Hatt Purchased and Expanded Dundas Mills see Hatt Genealogy
• For a picture of the 1804 Hatt Mill click here
• 1804 - Richard Hatt Residence, Black Smith Shop, Post Office
• 1826 - St. Augustine's Roman Catholic Church
• 1830 - The Methodist Church
• 1830 – Stone House, 30 Yorke Street
• 1834 - The Gore Grist Mill
• 1837 - The Elgin House Hotel
• 1837 - The Desjardins Canal
• 1837 - The Desjardins Canal (ref 2)

for an 1850 painting of a sailing ship on the Desjardins Canal by JH Caddy click here. Circa 1864 picture of the Desjardins Canal.

• 1838 - St. James Anglican Church
• 1838 - St. James Anglican Church (ref 2)
• 1838 - The Gartshore Foundry
• 1838 - The Gartshore Foundry (ref 2)
• 1838 - The Gartshore Foundry (ref 3)
• 1838 - The Gartshore Foundry (ref 4)
• 1838 - The Gartshore Foundry (ref 5)
• 1839 - The Beginning of Formal Education
• 1841 - The Collins Hotel
• 1841 - The Dundas Mechanics' Institute
• 1842 - Dundas Baptist Church
• 1842 - The Dundas Axe Works
• 1843 - Second St. James Anglican Church Building Architecture
• 1844 - Knox Presbyterian Church
• 1844 - Knox Presbyterian Church Architecture
• 1847 - Incorporation of Town of Dundas - 1849 Dundas Town Hall
• 1847 - The Dundas Quarry
For Pictures of the electric railroad that was used at the Dundas Quarry in later years click here
• 1851 - Dundas Businesses
• 1856 - Grafton's Dry Goods Store
• 1857 - St. Augustine's School
• 1858 - Dundas Union School
• 1858 - Valley Lodge 100
• 1860 - The Dundas Cotton Mill - see The Hamilton Cotton Company
• 1863 - Canada Tool Works - McKechnie & Bertram
• 1863 - McKechnie & Bertram
• 1863 - Second St. Augustine's Church Building Architecture
• 1866 - The Canada Screw Company
• 1866 - The Canada Screw Company (ref 2) see the Steel Company of Canada Limited
• 1873 - The Dundas Concert Band
• 1874 - The Wesleyan Methodist Seminary - For a brief history see St. Joseph's Villa
• 1879 - The House of Providence - see St. Joseph's Villa For postcards of the House of Providence click here
• 1880 - The Hamilton and Dundas Railroad
• 1880 - The Hamilton and Dundas Railroad (ref 2)
• 1886 - John Bertram and Sons Foundry
• 1886 - John Bertram and Sons Foundry (ref 2)
• 1897 - The Toronto Hamilton and Buffalo Railway
  for pictures of the TH&B in Dundas click here
• 1909 - The Ellen Osler Memorial Home
• 1928 - Dundas District Public School
• 1929 - The Dundas Valley Golf and Curling Club
• 1934 - Dundas Train Crash
• 1937 - Highway 8D Today's Cootes Drive
• 1938 - McMaster Craft

• HISTORY OF DOWNTOWN DUNDAS