 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Dundas Street yakatumidzwa naJohn Graves Simcoe mukuremekedza Anoremekedzwa Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville. Kufanana neYonge Street, yakatumidzwa muenzaniso wakafanana we cronyism, Dundas Street yakasikwa semugwagwa unodzivirira. Simcoe aitya kupinda kweAmerica kwakanga kwava kuda kuitika pashure peHondo yeRevolution, chiitiko chaizoitika muna 1812. Dundas Street yaifanira kubatanidza York neDetroit, panguva iyoyo yakanga iri nzvimbo yeBritain; yakasvika kuLondon, guta guru idzva rakanga rakarongwa naSimcoe. Mugwagwa wacho wakavakwa neQueens Rangers pakati peDundas neRwizi Thames muna 1794, uye wakazowedzerwa kumabvazuva kuenda kuYork nemuvaki wemigwagwa Asa Danforth muna 1797. 