David Millar: Phrase Dundee-Waterloo and Alder Creek

david millar: During debates in the early 1830s about finally putting a name to the muddy crossroads settlement, the Millars had vigorous discussions with their Germanic immigrant neighbours, according to Hamilton Spectator. Berlin won out and of course was changed to Kitchener in 1916. Around 1830, Frederick, William and David Millar opened the first store in a tiny hamlet south of Waterloo. Had Dundee been the choice, there would have been no First World War name change and nowadays the phrase Dundee-Waterloo would be common. Frederick eventually joined a fourth brother, John, at a promising site on Alder Creek in southeast Wilmot Township which they christened New Dundee. The Millars lost the argument so they dispersed. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.