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201 Broad St. E.
Dunnville,
Ontario
N1A 1G1
Ontario Tourism Region : Southwestern
Phone : (905) 774-6545
Your Host(s) : Canada Post Dunnville
Description From Owner:
- Pop. 11,781. In the Reg. Mun. of Hal dim and-Norfolk, on the Grand R. 6 km. from its mouth at L. Erie and Hwy 3 and C. Rd. 3 & II, 31 kIn W of WeIland.
- The place was settled by Solomon Minor in 1825. In 1829 the WeIland Canal Company constructed a feeder canal from Dunnville to the WeIland Canal.
- The company offered perpetual exemption from water rent to the first manu-facturing enterprise that was operational when the canal was completed. Oliver Phelps began building a mill at Dunnville while a Mr. Keefer did the same at Thorold.
- Keefer's building was completed first, but Phelps had installed the machinery before a roof was put on, so when water was let into the canal, he was able to grind a bushel of wheat before water reached Keefer's mill.
- Phelps had won, but the canal company extended free water privileges to Keefer as well.
- . The post office opened in 1830, and the place was named after Hon. John Henry Dunn, receiver general of Upper Canada and president of the WeIland Canal Company.
- From Ontario Place Names 2007 David E. Scott Ph. 866 471 4123 or 905 680 7884
Address of this page:
http://www.ruralroutes.com/dunnville
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Visitors to this page: 8,218
Off the beaten track: |
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Byng, 1km
Port Maitland, 6km
Attercliffe Station, 8km
Stromness, 7km
Oswego Park, 10km
Attercliffe, 11km
Moulton Station, 9km
Mount Carmel, Dunnville area, 9km
Darling Road, 10km
Port Davidson, 11km
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Nearby Lakes: |
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Dils Lake, 13km
Biederman Pond, 24km
Lake Niapenco, 30km
Dry Lake, 27km
The Clay Pits, 27km
Quarry Ponds, 28km
Eighteen Mile Pond, 38km
Sixteen Mile Pond, 38km
Fifteen Mile Pond, 39km
Lake Moodie, 38km
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