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Dundurn Street is a Lower City arterial road in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. It is a two-way street that starts off at ''Mountain Face Park'', Niagara Escarpment in front of the Bruce Trail as a collector road, right behind ''Hillcrest Avenue'' and then turns into a four lane thoroughfare from Aberdeen Avenue northward to York Boulevard where it ends in front of ''Dundurn Park''. The section of Dundurn Street north of Main Street was designated as part of Highway 2, until January 1, 1998. ==History== ''Dundurn Street'', originated with Sir Allan MacNab who named his home Dundurn Castle and its landscaped grounds ''Dundurn Park''. Originally Dundurn Street, South of King Street West was known as ''Garth Street'' up to 1913. ''Dundurn'' is a Gaelic word meaning ''"the fort on the water."'' (''sic'' - This is a persistent incorrect translation perpetuated in many historical works about Dundurn Castle. The original source of the error is not known. ''Dundurn'' actually derives from the Gaelic words ''dùn'' meaning "hill fort" and ''dòrn'' meaning "fist", thus Dundurn means "hill fort of a fist". It is named after Sir Allan MacNab's ancestral family home in Dundurn, Perthshire, Scotland, just east of Loch Earn, which was the site of an ancient Pictish hill fort named ''Dùn Dòrn.'' So named because the hill upon which it sat is shaped like a fist. There are many Gaelic words referring to water, none of which resembles the place name element ''durn''. The erroneous translation "fort on the water" likely derives from a confusion with the Scots word ''burn'', which means "creek" and is not a Gaelic word at all. - citation to be added shortly) Originally, Dundurn Street was called ''Garth Street''. The Hamilton Military Museum opened in 1976 and is situated inside ''Dundurn Park'' adjacent to ''Dundurn Castle''. It tells the story of the service given by citizens of the Hamilton area from the time of the American Revolution to World War II. The Staircase originally was opened by ''Hugh MacLeod'' in 1998. The Staircase evolved and expanded from an improvisational comedy workshop to include an art gallery, a cafe, a theatre for film and live acts, and a rehearsal space. A former variety store next door was also acquired. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dundurn Street (Hamilton, Ontario)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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