North Dundas, Ontario

North Dundas is a township in Eastern Ontario, Canada, in the United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry.
North Dundas is located approximately 50 km south of downtown Ottawa, midway between Ottawa and Morrisburg. It is primarily rural with a few small villages. It is spread across the South Nation River and the East Castor River watersheds.
The township was established in 1998, with the amalgamation of the former Townships of Winchester and Mountain and the Villages of Chesterville and Winchester.
Village of Chesterville
In 1848, the Province of Ontario was divided up into townships, in 1850 the first Chamber of Council was established in Chesterville. Originally called Winchester, Chesterville was the prime location because of it being situated on the Nation River, a major transportation route at the time. In the early 1830s, Thomas Armstrong and his son John, both of Edwardsburg, erected a saw mill on the same site that two men by...