Private Goldwin McCausland Pirie was born April 12th, 1894, to Hester Emma McCausland (1858-1901) and Alexander Fraser Pirie (1849-1903). Unfortunately, Goldwin Pirie would lose both his parents as a child. He and his siblings were raised by his paternal aunt, Ada Pirie. “Goldie” as he was known, would enlist in August of 1914 and enter the war alongside the 77th Wentworth Regiment of Dundas, the local milita unit.

When the members of the first contingent of the 77th left Dundas, t...

The Dundas Museum and Archives is very fortunate to have many volunteers.

They range in age from teenagers to seniors. They greet our visitors. They stock the shelves of the Gift Shop. They answer the phones. They transcribe documents written in cryptic cursive hands. They happily try and identify long since departed Dundasians staring out from blurry photographs. They tirelessly — and cheerfully — inventory artifacts on the shelves. They create detailed inventories to coll...

The following is from our exhibition “A War Without End” and details Len Bertram and Charles Mitson’s involvement in the battle of Vimy Ridge.

In early April 1917 the 20th Battalion, part of the 2nd Division, was training in the Thelus sector located between Vimy and Arras. The arterial barrage that preceded the offensive had begun and Len – recently promoted to Captain — reported that until the 9th “there was only the usual trench routine except that our gu...

It’s Archives Awareness Week in Ontario and we are celebrating!

A small pop-up exhibit called “Documenting Dissent” highlights some of the records from the Lesslie Family fonds. If you are familiar with the Dundas Museum, you know that some of the most intriguing documents we have were created or maintained by the Lesslie Family, who, while distinguished in their own right, are not as well known as their friend William Lyon Mackenzie.

The documents on display a...