ShonTron
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It was and is still the road to the town of Dundas, just like Kingston Road was the road to Kingston.
In fact, for most, perhaps almost all people, that's the only way they knew of the name. The manufactured evilness of its origin is essentially a retcon to me. And I have enough retcons to deal with in life that are way more meaningful.
Let Dundas Street be what it was and move on.
You’re wrong, but it’s a common misconception. Dundas Street started out as a road between Lake Ontario and the Thames River at present-day Woodstock. It later got extended to London and extended to Toronto. The Town of Dundas takes its name from the road, not the other way around.
The complicated history of Dundas Street
It’s worth wondering why Toronto has a street named after a Scottish politician who had nothing to do with its history.
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