Phase I - Halifax Regional Municipality

Archaeological Resource Impact Assessment
Pre-development Assessment
Spring Garden Road/Queen Street Public Lands Plan
The detail of the ordinance sketch does not reveal any throughway or rudimentary road
representing Dundonald Street to compliment Jackson’s map or the 1762 Crown Lands
map, but this is not surprising since the artists may not have viewed such a feature as
ordinance property.
The first definitive depiction of Dundonald Street comes from the 1850 plan of the land
owned by John Strachan, complete with numbered lots (Figure 3.2.1-9). This is followed
by Clark’s 1869 map of Halifax, showing the Field Officer’s Quarters, named the
General’s Head Quarters, without the level of detail shown in the ordinance sketch of
1851 (Figure 3.2.1-10). Dundonald Street also figures prominently in Ruger’s 1879
panoramic view of Halifax (Figure 3.2.1-11).
Along with showing the position of Dundonald Street and what are potentially its first
residents, the panoramic view of Halifax shows an artistic depiction of the
Commandant’s Quarters and the associated stables. The Drill Room, designated number
84, is outside the study area.
Figure 3.2.1-9: Dundonald Street, 1850.
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