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Dundas
Dundas may refer to: Places Australia * Dundas, New South Wales * Dundas, Queensland, a locality in the Somerset Region * Dundas, Tasmania * Dundas, Western Australia * Fort Dundas, a settlement in the Northern Territory 1824–1828 * Shire of Dundas, Western Australia Canada * Dundas Island (British Columbia), the largest of the Dundas Islands * Dundas Island (Nunavut) * Dundas Parish, New Brunswick Ontario * Dundas, Ontario ** Dundas station (Dundas, Ontario), a former railway station in Dundas * Dundas County, Ontario ;Toronto * Yonge–Dundas Square, a public square in downtown Toronto * Dundas Street, Toronto **Dundas station (Toronto), a subway station on Dundas Street **Dundas West station, another subway station on Dundas Street Greenland *Dundas, Greenland, a former settlement at the trading place established by Knud Rasmussen and Peter Freuchen in 1910 in North Star Bay Hong Kong * Dundas Street, Hong Kong New Zealand * Dundas Island, New Zealand Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dundas, Minnesota
Dundas ( ) is a city in Rice County, Minnesota, Rice County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 1,712 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Dundas is bordered by the city of Northfield, Minnesota, Northfield. History Dundas was platted in 1857 by the Archibalds: brothers John Sidney and Edward T., along with their cousin George Archibald, who built mills on both sides of the Cannon River (Minnesota), Cannon River.History , City of Dundas, Accessed January 8, 2011. The brothers named the city after their home Dundas County, Ontario, Canada.Archives ''Northfield News'', December 1, 2002, Accessed January 8, 2011. In 1857, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dundas Castle (Roscoe, New York)
Dundas Castle, also called Craig-e-Clair, is a neo-Gothic house near Roscoe in Sullivan County, New York. It was built between 1910 and 1924 for Ralph Wurts-Dundas. Early history In the late 1880s, New York architect Bradford Gilbert acquired nearly in the Catskill Mountains in what is now Roscoe, New York. On this property, Gilbert constructed his summer retreat, Beaverkill Lodge. Gilbert's new wife, Maria, who was Irish, said "the Catskill scenery reminded her of home." She named the surrounding hamlet Craig-e-Clair which translates as "beautiful mountainside." Wurts-Dundas era In 1903, the Gilberts sold the property to Morris Stembach. Four years later, in 1907, Stembach sold it to Ralph Wurts-Dundas. Wurts-Dundas was a wealthy and prominent New Yorker, the grandson of William Wurts, one of three brothers who built the Delaware & Hudson Canal. He eventually shortened his name to Dundas. Dundas wanted to expand the existing Beaverkill Lodge into the finest mansion h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dundas Street
Dundas Street () is a major historic arterial road in Ontario, Canada. The road connects the city of Toronto with its western Greater Toronto Area, suburbs and several cities in southwestern Ontario. Three provincial highways—Ontario Highway 2, 2, Ontario Highway 5, 5, and Ontario Highway 99, 99—followed long sections of its course, although these highway segments have since been List of former provincial highways in Ontario, downloaded to the municipalities they passed through. Originally intended as a military route to connect the shipping port of York, Upper Canada, York (now Toronto) to the envisioned future capital of London, Ontario, the street today connects Toronto landmarks such as Yonge–Dundas Square and the city's Chinatown, Toronto#Downtown Chinatown, principal Chinatown to rural villages and the regional centres of Hamilton, Ontario, Hamilton and London. A historic alternate name for the street was Governor's Road, as its construction was supervised by John Gra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dundas, New South Wales
Dundas is a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Dundas is located 21 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Parramatta, and the electoral division of Bennelong. Dundas is a leafy green suburb, notably due to its centrepiece The Ponds Walk, which follows the Ponds Subiaco Creek. Dundas's postcode is part of the Northern Sydney region. History Dundas and surrounding areas were originally known as "The Ponds", a name still reflected in The Ponds Creek. The first private land grants in Sydney made in 1791 were in what is now North East Dundas and adjoining Dundas Valley and Ermington. This consisted of land grants to 14 former convicts and their families along the Ponds and Subiaco Creeks. Reverend Samuel Marsden selected an area of 100 acres in the Field of Mars Parish, and named his farm "Dundas Farm" in honour of Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville., who was also the Principal Secretary of State for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dundas Street, Hong Kong
Mong Kok ( Chinese: 旺角), also spelled Mongkok, often abbreviated as MK, is an area in Kowloon, Hong Kong. The Prince Edward subarea occupies the northern part of Mong Kok. As one of the major shopping areas in Hong Kong, Mong Kok is characterised by a mixture of old and new multi-story buildings, with shops and restaurants at street level, and commercial or residential units above. Major industries in Mong Kok are retail, restaurants (including fast food) and entertainment. It has been described and portrayed in films as an area in which triads run bars, nightclubs, and massage parlours. With its extremely high population density of , Mong Kok was described as the busiest district in the world by the ''Guinness World Records''. Name Until 1930, the area was called Mong Kok Tsui (). The current English name is a transliteration of its older Chinese name (; ), or (; ), which is named for its plentiful supply of ferns in the past when it was a coastal region. Its present ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dundas Castle
Dundas Castle is a 15th-century castle, with substantial 19th-century additions by William Burn, in the Dalmeny parish of West Lothian, Scotland. The home of the Dundas family since the Middle Ages, it was sold in the late 19th century and is currently the residence of politician and businessman Sir Jack Stewart-Clark. The tower house and the adjoining Tudor-Gothic mansion are listed separately as Category A buildings, and the grounds are included in Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Scotland. History The name Dundas comes from the Gaelic ''dùn deas'', meaning 'south hill' or 'pretty hill'. In the 11th century, the lands of Dundas, along with other land in Lothian, were granted by King Malcolm Canmore to paternal first cousin Gospatrick, the earl of Northumbria, who had come north to escape William the Conqueror. The lands of Dundas passed to his great-grandson Waldeve, who granted them to his kinsman Helias in a charter dating from around 1180. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clan Dundas
Clan Dundas is a Scottish clan.Way, George and Squire, Romily. ''Collins Scottish Clan & Family Encyclopedia''. (Foreword by The Rt Hon. The Earl of Elgin KT, Convenor, The Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs). Published in 1994. Pages 124 - 125. History Origins of the clan The ancestry of the chiefs of Clan Dundas is said to be traced from Helias, son of Utred, son of Gospatrick, Prince of Northumberland. However it is during the reign of William the Lion that the first reliable record of the family is found, when Serle de Dundas appears on a deed from this period. Later in 1296 Serle de Dundas and Robert de Dundas both appear on the Ragman Rolls swearing fealty to Edward I of England. 15th and 16th centuries Sir Archibald Dundas was a favourite of James III of Scotland and was sent by him on several important missions into England. The king intended to give high rank to Dundas but died before he could do so. The next king, James IV of Scotland did, bestowing lands upon D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlotte Dundas
''Charlotte Dundas'' is regarded as the world's second successful steamboat, the first towing steamboat and the boat that demonstrated the practicality of steam power for ships.Fry, p. 27. Early experiments Development of experimental steam engined paddle boats by William Symington had halted when the sponsor, Patrick Miller of Dalswinton, abandoned the project. Symington had continued building steam pumping engines and mill engines. In 1793 he had developed a drive using a pivoted crosshead beam above the vertical cylinder to transmit power to a crank. Miller's project and Captain John Schank's unsuccessful attempt at a canal steam tug had come to the attention of Thomas, Lord Dundas, Governor of the Forth and Clyde Canal Company, and at a meeting of the canal company's directors on 5 June 1800 approved his proposals on the basis of ''"a model of a boat by Captain Schank to be worked by a steam engine by Mr Symington"''. The boat was built by Alexander Hart at Grangemout ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dundas (surname)
Dundas is a surname and a Scottish clan (Clan Dundas). Notable people with the surname include: * Adela (Ada) Dundas (1840–1887), Scottish artist * Charles Dundas (other), multiple people * David Dundas (other), multiple people * Francis Dundas (c. 1759–1824), British army officer * George Dundas (other), multiple people * Henry Dundas (other), multiple people * Hugh Dundas (1920–1995), British World War II fighter pilot * James Dundas (other), multiple people * John Dundas (other), multiple people * Lawrence Dundas (other), multiple people * Maria Callcott (née Dundas; 1785–1842), British writer * Mark Dundas, 4th Marquess of Zetland (born 1937), British peer * Paul Dundas (1952–2023), British scholar * Richard Saunders Dundas (1802–1861), British naval officer * Robert Dundas (other), multiple people * Ron Dundas (1935-1986), Canadian football player * Roslyn Dundas (born 1978), Australi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dundas, Wisconsin
Dundas is an unincorporated community located in the town of Woodville, Calumet County, Wisconsin, United States. History A post office called Dundas was first established in 1846. The community was supposedly named by an early settler who had returned from the island of Dundas off the east coast of Africa. The community may also have been named by the first postmaster, David H. Halsted, for William H. Dundas who was the chief clerk of the Post Office Department at the time. Notable people * Walter F. Truettner (1881-1967), Michigan Senate The Michigan Senate is the upper house of the Michigan Legislature. Along with the Michigan House of Representatives, it composes the state legislature, which has powers, roles and duties defined by Article IV of the Michigan Constitution, ado ... member, born in Dundas * Joseph Wolfinger, Wisconsin State Representative, businessman, and inventor, lived in Dundas.'Wisconsin Blue Book 1897,' Biographical Sketch of Joseph Wolfinger, pg. 67 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dundas, Virginia
Dundas is an unincorporated community in Lunenburg County, Virginia, United States. Dundas is located on Virginia State Route 137 in eastern Lunenburg County, east-southeast of Kenbridge. Dundas has a post office A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letter (message), letters and parcel (package), parcels, providing post office boxes, and selling postage stamps, packaging, and stationery. Post o ... with ZIP code 23938, which opened on February 20, 1908. The Dundas Ruritan Club claims to make the best sheep stew in the world, cooking it twice a year in large batches to raise money for Ruritan community-service projects. References Unincorporated communities in Lunenburg County, Virginia Unincorporated communities in Virginia {{LunenburgCountyVA-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dundas, Ohio
Dundas is an unincorporated community in Vinton County, in the U.S. state of Ohio Ohio ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Erie to the north, Pennsylvania to the east, West Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Indiana to the .... It is located near the junction of State Route 324 and State Route 93. History Dundas was established in 1857 as McArthur Junction when the B&O railroad was extended to that point. A post office called Dundas was established in 1856 and remained in operation until 1983. References Unincorporated communities in Vinton County, Ohio 1857 establishments in Ohio Populated places established in 1857 Unincorporated communities in Ohio {{VintonCountyOH-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
