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Old Posted Apr 2, 2014, 7:08 PM
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Did MacNab actually call it that though? If not, when did people start the nickname?

"Dundurn Castle was constructed over a three-year period, and completed by 1835. Designed by a young English Architect, Robert Wetherall, Dundurn was built around the brick shell of Colonel Richard Beasley's colonial home. Designed as a fashionable Regency style villa, Dundurn (Gaelic for "strong fort") was nicknamed "Castle" by the citizens of Hamilton. The Castle, with its gardens, grounds and many unusual outbuildings, was one of the finest estates in the province."
http://www.hamilton.ca/CultureandRec...urn_Castle.htm

What's funny is someone updated the Wikipedia page based on the April Fool's joke.
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Old Posted Apr 2, 2014, 11:47 PM
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^That makes more sense. Thanks for clarifying.
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Old Posted Jun 18, 2017, 11:48 PM
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Yesterday, 50 years ago as part of Canada's Centennial Celebrations, on June 17, 1967, Hamilton's Dundurn Castle reopened as part of a massive renovation.


Scott Gardner,The Hamilton Spectator
http://www.thespec.com/news-story/73...castle-lit-up/





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